Airport Departments

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Operations
Airport Operations is the division that assures the Airport meets federal, state and local requirements 24-hours per day, seven day per week. Operation's primary objective is to maintain a safe and secure environment for the traveling public, respond to emergencies and provide a management presence during after business hours. The division maintains all key operational documents including the Airport Certification Manual, Wildlife Management Plan, Letters of Agreement with FAA and the Airport Master Record information on file with the National Data Center of the FAA.
Operations is staffed by an Operations Manager and Operations
Officers that have experience and expertise in many
fields to provide program management or input/decisions
for: flight operations, wildlife management, all air
and landside activities, security, safety, mishap investigation,
planning, engineering, project leaders and construction
companies, field maintenance, facilities maintenance,
environmental, planning and leasing departments. The
entire customer base and staff of the Airport has Airport
Operations as a point of contact at anytime.
Operational orders are published by the Operations division to inform Airport tenants about Airport procedures.
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Airport Operations
Officer on duty 907-474-2530
(through
airport communications center)
fai.operations@alaska.gov
(907) 474-2512 (Fax)
vacant, Operations Manager
(907) 474-2550
Steve Brunanski, Operations
Officer
(907)
474-2541
Email
Dianna Merry, Operations
Officer
(907)
474-2552
Email
Mark Whitmire, Operations
Officer
(907)
474-2532
Email
Tom Risdal, Operations Officer
(907)
474-2559
Email
Pete VanDeHei, Operations
Officer
(907)
474-2554
Email
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