How To Become An Airport Operations Duty Manager: What It Is and Career Path

What is an airport operations duty manager and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being an airport operations duty manager. For example, did you know that they make an average of $19.14 an hour? That's $39,817 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 6% and produce 189,200 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreAirport Operations Duty ManagerUS Average

Salary

3.1

Avg. Salary $39,817

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

9.6

Growth rate 6%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

3.3

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46%

Asian 5.28%

Black or African American 4.94%

Hispanic or Latino 11.02%

Unknown 4.17%

White 74.14%

Gender

female 26.92%

male 73.08%

Age - 44

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 44

Stress level

9.6

Stress level is very high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

9.2

Complexity level is advanced

7 - challenging

Work life balance

3.6

Work life balance is poor

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become an airport operations duty manager

Explore airport operations duty manager education requirements

Most common airport operations duty manager degrees

Bachelor's

57.1 %

Master's

14.3 %

Associate

14.3 %

Start to develop specific airport operations duty manager skills

Skills	Percentages
TSA	54.75%
Emergency Situations	27.90%
Federal Aviation Administration	17.35%

Complete relevant airport operations duty manager training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 6-12 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New airport operations duty managers learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as an airport operations duty manager based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real airport operations duty manager resumes.

Research airport operations duty manager duties and responsibilities

Manage team of database administrators, database technicians and systems administrators responsible for maintaining all production, development and QA systems.
Design company website, PowerPoint presentation, brochure, profile, machinery list & factory production capacity information for marketing purposes.
Establish a QuickBooks accounting system to reflect accurate financial records.

Apply for airport operations duty manager jobs

Now it's time to start searching for an airport operations duty manager job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

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Airport operations duty manager reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2020

Pros

The interaction with different agencies and people from around the world the chance to learn the ins and outs of an airport also learning the different call signs and lighting's having the authority and responsibility over millions of dollars in equipment and the responsibility of keeping the lives of families safe

Cons

Nothing

A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2019