Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an airport chief executive can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an airport chief executive already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Airport chief executives lead a group of airport directors who are responsible for all areas of the airport. They envision and make decisions on the strategic direction of the airport based on the information provided by their team of managers.

Also known as airport manager, airport chief operating officer, airport general manager, airport CEO, general director of airport.

Managers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: airport director, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
airport director 55% covered airport environment officer 43% covered airport maintenance technician 38% covered aircraft maintenance coordina… 38% covered baggage flow supervisor 38% covered airport chief executive You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from airport chief executive, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an airport chief executive already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An airport chief executive needs 26 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • airport lighting equipment engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • compile airport certification manuals information skills
  • create an airport master plan management skills
  • direct airport subcontractors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor airport service performance information skills
  • coordinate airport environmental policies management skills
  • prepare airport annual budget management skills
  • airport electrical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • implement airport emergency plans communication, collaboration and creativity
  • supervise maintenance activities in airports management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an airport chief executive does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Airport chief executive is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an airport chief executive’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.