Airfield Operations Specialists
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 53-2022.00
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.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
High· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.048
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: OpenAIPublished: 2023
0.329
0.000Range of values carried here0.844Scale, basis and source
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Show 21 hidden tasks27 rated tasks · 19 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (70.4%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
| Task (O*NET 20.1) | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning.53-2022.00 | 0.013569.1 | 0.003052.8 |
Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, and weather information.53-2022.00 | 0.003116.0 | 0.002647.2 |
Train operations staff.53-2022.00 | 0.002914.9 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders.O*NET Task ID 10617 | 1.0 |
Receive, transmit, and control message traffic.O*NET Task ID 10623 | 1.0 |
Maintain flight and event logs, air crew flying records, and flight operations records of incoming and outgoing flights.O*NET Task ID 10625 | 1.0 |
Conduct departure and arrival briefings.O*NET Task ID 10631 | 1.0 |
Plan and coordinate airfield construction.O*NET Task ID 10614 | 0.5 |
Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.O*NET Task ID 10615 | 0.5 |
Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.O*NET Task ID 10619 | 0.5 |
Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information.O*NET Task ID 10620 | 0.5 |
Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.O*NET Task ID 10621 | 0.5 |
Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, such as air routes or arrival and departure times.O*NET Task ID 10624 | 0.5 |
Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance.O*NET Task ID 10626 | 0.5 |
Collaborate with others to plan flight schedules and air crew assignments.O*NET Task ID 10627 | 0.5 |
Coordinate changes to flight itineraries with appropriate Air Traffic Control (ATC) agencies.O*NET Task ID 10628 | 0.5 |
Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights.O*NET Task ID 10629 | 0.5 |
Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning.O*NET Task ID 10630 | 0.5 |
Post visual display boards and status boards.O*NET Task ID 10633 | 0.5 |
Check military flight plans with civilian agencies.O*NET Task ID 10634 | 0.5 |
Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.O*NET Task ID 23939 | 0.5 |
Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields.O*NET Task ID 23940 | 0.5 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page
All O*NET 31.0 task statements (27)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation. | Core |
| Plan and coordinate airfield construction. | Core |
| Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities. | Core |
| Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft. | Core |
| Train operations staff. | Core |
| Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies. | Core |
| Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel. | Core |
| Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions. | Core |
| Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning. | Core |
| Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies. | Core |
| Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds. | Core |
| Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements. | Core |
| Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields. | Core |
| Initiate or conduct airport-wide coordination of snow removal on runways and taxiways. | Core |
| Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders. | Supplemental |
| Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information. | Supplemental |
| Receive, transmit, and control message traffic. | Supplemental |
| Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, such as air routes or arrival and departure times. | Supplemental |
| Maintain flight and event logs, air crew flying records, and flight operations records of incoming and outgoing flights. | Supplemental |
| Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance. | Supplemental |
| Collaborate with others to plan flight schedules and air crew assignments. | Supplemental |
| Coordinate changes to flight itineraries with appropriate Air Traffic Control (ATC) agencies. | Supplemental |
| Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights. | Supplemental |
| Conduct departure and arrival briefings. | Supplemental |
| Use airfield landing and navigational aids and digital data terminal communications equipment to perform duties. | Supplemental |
| Post visual display boards and status boards. | Supplemental |
| Check military flight plans with civilian agencies. | Supplemental |
0.17/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)
E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site
Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.
| Task (O*NET 29.3) | Robot environment tier |
|---|---|
| Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions. | E0 none |
| Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies. | E0 none |
| Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds. | E0 none |
| Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements. | E0 none |
| Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields. | E2 structured facilities |
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
- Employment, 2025
- 15K
- Projected employment, 2035
- 17K
- Change (2025–35)
- +7.8%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $56,850
- Typical education needed for entry
- High school diploma or equivalent
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32222 | 항공운송 사무원 | Overlapping, not the same | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- airport operations officerESCO 3154.1.3Same scope
Airport operations officers perform supervisory and administrative work monitoring operational activities on an assigned shift at a large airport. They ensure the safe take-off and landing of aircrafts
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)
ESCO reuse terms and the modification notice are in Credits.
France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| N2209 | Superviseur / Superviseuse piste | Same scope |
| N2204 | Agent / Agente de trafic aérien | Overlapping, not the same |
| K1727 | Chargé / Chargée du guidage d'aéronef militaire | Related, not a match |
| N2210 | Superviseur / Superviseuse d'exploitation aéroportuaire | Related, not a match |
| N2211 | Planificateur régulateur vol / Planificatrice régulatrice vol | Related, not a match |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.
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Spain classification links (CNO-11)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| CNO-11 code | CNO-11 title (Spanish) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 3154 | Controladores de tráfico aéreo | Related, not a match |
| 4123 | Empleados de logística y transporte de pasajeros y mercancías | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.
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Germany classification links (KldB)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| KldB code | KldB title (German) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 51532 | Berufe in der Überwachung und Steuerung des Luftverkehrsbetriebs - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | Overlapping, not the same |
| 51533 | Berufe in der Überwachung und Steuerung des Luftverkehrsbetriebs - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten | Related, not a match |
Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.
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Japan classification links (JSCO)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| JSCO code | JSCO title (Japanese) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 302 | 運行管理事務員 | This occupation is narrowerprovisional |
| 301 | 旅客・貨物係事務員 | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.
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