AI Career Radar

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.

AI exposure45 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation40
Freedom to set tasks91
Repeating the same tasks86
$56,850Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+7.8%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
60Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
75
Monitoring
63
75
Speaking
63
69
Critical Thinking
63
69
Judgment and Decision Making
63
56
Coordination
62
69
Complex Problem Solving
62
60
Active Learning
62
56
Reading Comprehension
61
69
Time Management
61
53
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
60
Social Perceptiveness
60
53
Instructing
58
56
Learning Strategies
58
50
Systems Analysis
57
53
Systems Evaluation
56
53
Service Orientation
56
50
Persuasion
54
44
Mathematics
53
28
Negotiation
52
47
Science
52
16
Management of Personnel Resources
50
47
Operations Analysis
49
38
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
31
Management of Material Resources
47
25
Technology Design
47
19
Troubleshooting
47
16
Management of Financial Resources
47
16
Equipment Selection
47
6
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
50
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
9
Operation and Control
43
44

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Active Learning, Operations Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$72,300
10-yr growth
+21.5%
Skill gap
8%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Learning Strategies

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$97,870
10-yr growth
+16.6%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Active Learning

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$96,590
10-yr growth
+13.9%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operation and Control, Social Perceptiveness, Operations Monitoring, Speaking

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Airfield Operations Specialists could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.