# Airfield Operations Specialists

> 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.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 53-2022.00
- **Summary:** 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.

## Aliases

- Airport Operations Agent
- Airport Operations Coordinator
- Airport Operations Officer
- Airport Operations Specialist
- Airfield Operations Specialist
- Flight Follower
- Operations Agent
- Operations Coordinator
- Operations Officer
- Operations Specialist
- Airfield Services Officer
- Airline Agent

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements. | Core | 4.A.1.b.2.e |
| Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation. | Core | 4.A.2.b.6.b |
| Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields. | Core | 4.A.1.b.2.e |
| Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies. | Core | 4.A.4.a.5.e |
| Initiate or conduct airport-wide coordination of snow removal on runways and taxiways. | Core | 4.A.3.a.1.c |
| Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds. | Core | 4.A.3.b.4.a |
| Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel. | Core | 4.A.4.a.2.c |
| Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance. | Supplemental | 4.A.4.b.4.g |
| Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions. | Core | 4.A.4.b.4.g |
| Plan and coordinate airfield construction. | Core | 4.A.2.b.6.b |
| Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft. | Core | 4.A.1.a.2.b |
| Use airfield landing and navigational aids and digital data terminal communications equipment to perform duties. | Supplemental | 4.A.3.a.4.a |

## Emerging Tasks

| Text |
| --- |
| Inspect airfield conditions to ensure safety and compliance with federal regulatory requirements. |
| Issue notices to advise flight crews of airfield status. |
| Monitor and manage the operation of drones within the airport airspace to ensure safe aircraft operations. |
| Train operations staff on topics such as driving on airfields and security identification display area (SIDA) procedures. |

## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Plan flight operations. | 4.A.2.b.6.b |
| Plan work operations. | 4.A.2.b.6.b |
| Coordinate flight control or management activities. | 4.A.4.b.4.g |
| Monitor vehicle movement or location. | 4.A.1.a.2.b |
| Communicate with others to coordinate vehicle movement. | 4.A.4.a.2.c |
| Train transportation or material moving personnel. | 4.A.4.b.3.d |
| Record operational details of travel. | 4.A.3.b.6.h |
| Meet with coworkers to communicate work orders or plans. | 4.A.4.a.2.c |
| Pilot aircraft. | 4.A.3.a.4.a |
| Review work orders or schedules to determine operations or procedures. | 4.A.1.a.1.b |
| Assist others during emergencies. | 4.A.4.a.5.e |
| Maintain facilities. | 4.A.3.b.4.a |
| Inspect facilities, equipment or supplies to ensure conformance to standards. | 4.A.1.b.2.e |
| Inspect facilities. | 4.A.1.b.2.e |
| Inspect work sites to identify potential environmental or safety hazards. | 4.A.1.b.2.e |
| Inspect facilities to ensure compliance with security or safety regulations. | 4.A.1.b.2.e |
| Remove snow. | 4.A.3.a.1.c |
| Confer with coworkers to coordinate maintenance or cleaning activities. | 4.A.4.a.2.c |
| Coordinate operational activities. | 4.A.4.b.4.j |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Public Safety and Security | knowledge | 4.45 |
| Transportation | knowledge | 4.25 |
| English Language | knowledge | 4.18 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 4.12 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 4.12 |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 4.03 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 4 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 4 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 4 |
| Written Comprehension | ability | 4 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 4 |
| Reading Comprehension | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Coordination | transferable_skill | 3.75 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 3.75 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 3.75 |
| Education and Training | knowledge | 3.74 |
| Telecommunications | knowledge | 3.65 |
| Written Expression | ability | 3.62 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3.62 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.62 |
| Far Vision | ability | 3.62 |
| Administration and Management | knowledge | 3.59 |
| Writing | essential_skill | 3.38 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 3.38 |
| Law and Government | knowledge | 3.37 |
| Administrative | knowledge | 3.36 |
| Computers and Electronics | knowledge | 3.29 |
| Active Learning | essential_skill | 3.25 |
| Instructing | transferable_skill | 3.25 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 3.25 |
| Flexibility of Closure | ability | 3.25 |
| Perceptual Speed | ability | 3.25 |
| Selective Attention | ability | 3.25 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3.25 |
| Social Perceptiveness | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Systems Analysis | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Systems Evaluation | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Time Management | transferable_skill | 3.12 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Excel | Common Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| Visualization | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Word | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Windows | Common Skill |
| Microsoft SharePoint | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Outlook | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Access | Specialized Skill |
| Linux | Specialized Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| Adobe Photoshop | Specialized Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Geography | Specialized Skill |
| Depth Perception | Common Skill |
| Finger Dexterity | Common Skill |
| Psychology | Specialized Skill |
| Biology | Specialized Skill |
| Chemistry | Specialized Skill |
| Physics | Specialized Skill |
| Apache HTTP Server | Specialized Skill |
| Foreign Language | Common Skill |
| Equipment Selection | Specialized Skill |
| Presentation Software | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | yes |
| Adobe Photoshop | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | no |
| Extensible markup language XML | Enterprise application integration software | yes | no |
| Intuit QuickBooks | Accounting software | yes | no |
| Linux | Operating system software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes | no |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | no |
| Microsoft SharePoint | Document management software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes | no |
| Oracle Database | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | no |
| Aircraft noise monitoring system software | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |
| Apache HTTP Server | Application server software | no | no |
| Decision Support Technologies Propworks | Expert system software | no | no |
| FileMaker Pro | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |
| Ground transportation management system | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |
| Internet Protocol Television Systems | Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software | no | no |
| Operations scheduling software | Calendar and scheduling software | no | no |
| Parking access revenue control system | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |
| TRMI Airport AVI | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Contact With Others | 4.92 |
| Telephone Conversations | 4.9 |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.86 |
| Consequence of Error | 4.79 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 4.79 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 4.77 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.75 |
| E-Mail | 4.7 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 4.67 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 4.64 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 4.64 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 4.45 |
| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment | 4.41 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 4.38 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 4.37 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 4.3 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 4.23 |
| Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions | 4.21 |
| Time Pressure | 4.1 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 3.99 |
| Exposed to Contaminants | 3.98 |
| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | 3.91 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 3.86 |
| Physical Proximity | 3.83 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 3.66 |
| Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | 3.65 |
| Conflict Situations | 3.62 |
| Written Letters and Memos | 3.57 |
| Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions | 3.51 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 3.41 |
| Spend Time Standing | 3.31 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 3.28 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 3.12 |
| Spend Time Sitting | 3.06 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | 3.03 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | 2.95 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 2.87 |
| Level of Competition | 2.84 |
| Public Speaking | 2.66 |
| Degree of Automation | 2.61 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 3
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
- **Experience:** Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- **Svp Range:** (6.0 to < 7.0)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| Some College Courses | 14.7 |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 0.61 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dependability | work_style | 8 |
| Attention to Detail | work_style | 7 |
| Integrity | work_style | 6 |
| Cautiousness | work_style | 5 |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 4.93 |
| Realistic | career_interest_type | 4.63 |
| Enterprising | career_interest_type | 4.47 |
| Management/Administration | specific_interest_area | 4.18 |
| Cooperation | work_style | 4 |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 3.54 |
| Protective Service | specific_interest_area | 3.28 |
| Self-Control | work_style | 3 |
| Transportation/Machine Operation | specific_interest_area | 2.67 |
| Stress Tolerance | work_style | 2.55 |
| Social | career_interest_type | 2.49 |
| Engineering | specific_interest_area | 2.37 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 53-2021.00 | role-53-2021-00 | Air Traffic Controllers | Primary-Short |
| 53-1041.00 | role-53-1041-00 | Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors | Primary-Short |
| 53-1044.00 | role-53-1044-00 | First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants | Primary-Short |
| 53-2012.00 | role-53-2012-00 | Commercial Pilots | Primary-Short |
| 53-2011.00 | role-53-2011-00 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | Primary-Short |
| 53-6051.01 | role-53-6051-01 | Aviation Inspectors | Primary-Long |
| 11-3071.00 | role-11-3071-00 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | Primary-Long |
| 53-4031.00 | role-53-4031-00 | Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters | Primary-Long |
| 53-2031.00 | role-53-2031-00 | Flight Attendants | Primary-Long |
| 53-1043.00 | role-53-1043-00 | First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators | Primary-Long |
| 43-5032.00 | role-43-5032-00 | Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | Supplemental |
| 11-3013.00 | role-11-3013-00 | Facilities Managers | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Supply Chain & Transportation | supply-chain-transportation |

## Education Level

- **Category:** High school diploma or equivalent

## Study Programs

| Title | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Transportation and Materials Moving | transportation-and-materials-moving |

## Market

- **Median Wage:** 56750
- **Mean Wage:** 67120
- **Pct10Wage:** 35200
- **Pct25Wage:** 41220
- **Pct75Wage:** 78320
- **Pct90Wage:** 111030
- **Employment:** 16640
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 48-49 | 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 10560 | 49360 | 13.24 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 800 | 112730 | 2.64 |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 220 | 43750 | 0.15 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 180 | 86270 | 0.13 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 150 | 59500 | 0.13 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 70 | 57710 |  |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 48-49 | 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 10560 | 13.24 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 800 | 2.64 |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 220 | 0.15 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 180 | 0.13 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 150 | 0.13 |
- **Count:** 6

## Ai Signals

| Source | Label | Score | Scale | Release |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| frey_osborne | Computerization probability | 0.71 | 0-1 probability | 2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot |
| felten_aioe | AI occupational exposure | 0.4845738 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_image_generation_aioe | Image generation occupational exposure | 1.109918 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_language_modeling_aioe | Language modeling occupational exposure | 0.2457533 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |

## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 59
- **Percentile:** 58
- **Band:** Moderate
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 59 | felten_aioe |
| 52 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 65 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 3

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| felten_aioe | Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) | 0.4845738 | 59 | Moderate | How much this job's abilities overlap with what AI systems can do, across many AI capabilities. A relative research score, not a forecast of job loss. |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 0.6341463414634146 | 52 | Moderate | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.1919735146011439 | 65 | Moderate | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Frey Historical

- **Source:** frey
- **Label:** Computerization probability (Frey & Osborne, 2013)
- **Value:** 0.71
- **Percentile:** 58
- **Band:** Moderate
- **Note:** A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
- **Teleworkable:** no

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0.0975609756097561
- **Beta:** 0.36585365853658536
- **Gamma:** 0.6341463414634146

### Usage Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Importance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning. | 0.004211019313172479 | 3.74 |
| Train operations staff. | 0.0016433246100185286 | 4.14 |
- **Usage Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** 4.2
- **Growth Percentile:** 66
- **Direction:** About average
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 1.6
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 23
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 16.9
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 17.6

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| dingel_neiman | dingel-neiman-workathome |
| felten_aioe | felten-raj-seamans-aioe |
| frey_osborne | frey-osborne-automation |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Ai Playbook

- **Trusted Task Count:** 2
- **Task Count:** 4
- **Total Sample:** 241
- **Autonomy Median:** 3
- **Dominant Collaboration:** directive
- **Automation Share:** 51.79
- **Augmentation Share:** 28.21

### Collaboration

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| directive | 51.79 |
| learning | 28.21 |

### Use Case

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| personal | 87.69 |

### Delegated Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Collaboration | Autonomy Median | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning. | 0.014001750218777347 | directive | 3 | 140 |
| Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, and weather information. | 0.005500687585948244 | learning | 3 | 55 |

### Boundary Tasks

| Task | Human Needed Percent | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning. | 100 | 140 |
| Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, and weather information. | 98.18181818181819 | 55 |

### Seed Prompts

| Prompt | Collaboration |
| --- | --- |
| Do this for me: provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning. Give me a finished draft I can review and adjust. | directive |
| Teach me how to procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, and weather information, then check my work as I try it myself. | learning |
- **Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 27
- **Skills:** 43
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 23
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** df19f667a601f8f3