Description
Provide preflight and in-flight advisory services to pilots, including weather, NOTAMs, airspace, and flight planning. Receive and process flight plans, relay ATC clearances, issue advisories at designated airports, and coordinate search-and-rescue and aeronautical information with ATC, airports, and emergency services to enhance safety.
- • Provide preflight briefings on weather, NOTAMs, airspace, and preferred routes.
- • Receive, review, file, open, amend, and close VFR/IFR flight plans.
- • Offer in-flight advisory services and updated information via radio or telephone.
- • Collect and disseminate pilot weather reports (PIREPs).
- • Relay ATC clearances, amendments, and departure releases when required.
- • Initiate and coordinate search-and-rescue alerting for overdue or missing aircraft.
- • Issue, update, and disseminate NOTAMs within delegated authority.
- • Provide airport advisory information at designated airports, including winds, altimeter settings, runway conditions, and known traffic.
- • Broadcast hazardous weather, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, and airspace restrictions to affected pilots.
- • Assist pilots with route, fuel, altitude, and alternate planning using current data.
- • Maintain continuous watch on assigned frequencies and communication lines.
- • Coordinate information exchange with ATC facilities, airports, meteorological services, and emergency responders.
- • Monitor the status of NAVAIDs, communications, and airport facilities; report irregularities.
- • Provide status of special-use airspace, TFRs, and other airspace activities.
- • Support opening and activation of flight plans at remote or non-towered locations.
- • Record and maintain logs of briefings, flight plans, position reports, and operational messages in accordance with regulations.
- • Compile and update aeronautical information from charts, databases, and publications.
- • Respond to emergency calls and provide checklists, frequencies, and coordination assistance to pilots.
- • Conduct operational checks of radios, recorders, and backup systems; escalate faults for maintenance.
- • Provide telephone information services to pilots, dispatchers, and other users.
- • Facilitate pilot reports of wildlife, runway hazards, or facility issues to appropriate authorities.
- • Provide on-the-job training and mentoring for new flight service specialists.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
