Airfield Operations Specialists

Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.

Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.

Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds.

Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.

Plan and coordinate airfield construction.

Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.

Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.

Train operations staff.

Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning.

Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders.

Maintain flight and events logs, air crew flying records, and flight operations records of incoming and outgoing flights.

Use airfield landing and navigational aids and digital data terminal communications equipment to perform duties.

Coordinate changes to flight itineraries with appropriate Air Traffic Control (ATC) agencies.

Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights.

Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.

Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, such as air routes or arrival and departure times.

Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.

Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information.

Receive, transmit, and control message traffic.

Collaborate with others to plan flight schedules and air crew assignments.

Conduct departure and arrival briefings.

Post visual display boards and status boards.

Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance.

Check military flight plans with civilian agencies.

Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.

Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields.

Initiate or conduct airport-wide coordination of snow removal on runways and taxiways.