How do they match: Airfield Operations Specialists

  • Aircraft Rescue and Firefighter
  • Flight Information Expediter

  • 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.

  • Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, such as air routes or arrival and departure times.
  • Receive, transmit, and control message traffic.
  • 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.
  • Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.