Airfield Operations Specialists

• Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information.
• Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
• Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights.
• Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance.
• Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.
• Use airfield landing and navigational aids and digital data terminal communications equipment to perform duties.
• Train operations staff.
• Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.
• Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning.
• Plan and coordinate airfield construction.
• Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.
• Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.
• Initiate or conduct airport-wide coordination of snow removal on runways and taxiways.
• Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.
• Receive, transmit, and control message traffic.
• Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders.
• Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.

• Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.
• Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds.
• Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields.

No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (85%).