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Overview
Flight operations officers prepare flight information such as checkpoint times, scheduled stops, required fuel and allowable take-off or landing weights. Their work supports aircraft dispatch and traffic flow.
In job descriptions, look for flight schedules, dispatch data, fuel planning, aircraft weights, civil aviation rules, airside safety, verbal instructions, analytical communication and changing operating conditions.
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The work is centered on dispatch information, schedules, airport checkpoints, fuel needs and weight limits. A flight operations officer turns operational data into instructions that help flights move on time.
Skills and specializations
Useful capability includes schedule coordination, civil aviation compliance, airside safety, verbal instructions, analytical communication, handling air traffic issues and adapting when operations change.
Salary context
Pay context is affected by airport scale, shift pattern, dispatch responsibility, regulatory exposure, schedule pressure, airside safety duties and contact with logistics or flight crews.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior dispatch, flight operations supervision, airport operations coordination, airside safety support or logistics planning roles in aviation.
Good to know
Check whether the advert describes dispatch authority, systems used, schedule scope, safety duties and fuel or weight calculations. Clear roles show how decisions are escalated during disruptions.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for flight operations officer work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Service activities incidental to air transportation
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include airport operations officer, air traffic controller and aeronautical information service officer.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Air Traffic Controllers
53-2021.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
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These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
52.23Service activities incidental to air transportation
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Air traffic controllers (3154)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e53e1bd8-7316-4fab-9338-c6a66f50e5b7 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3154.3 |
| ISCO group | 3154 |
| Concept type | Occupation |