How do they match: Airfield Operations Specialists

  • Flight Director
  • Flight Follower
  • Flight Information Expediter
  • Flight Operations Agent
  • Flight Operations Coordinator
  • Flight Operations Engineer
  • Flight Operations Manager
  • Flight Operations Planner
  • Flight Operations Specialist

  • Ensure the safe takeoff and landing of commercial and military aircraft. Duties include coordination between air-traffic control and maintenance personnel, dispatching, using airfield landing and navigational aids, implementing airfield safety procedures, monitoring and maintaining flight records, and applying knowledge of weather information.

  • Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights.
  • Check military flight plans with civilian agencies.
  • Collaborate with others to plan flight schedules and air crew assignments.
  • Coordinate changes to flight itineraries with appropriate Air Traffic Control (ATC) agencies.
  • Maintain flight and event logs, air crew flying records, and flight operations records of incoming and outgoing flights.
  • Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information.
  • Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning.
  • Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, such as air routes or arrival and departure times.

  • Coordinate flight control or management activities.
  • Plan flight operations.