The Air Operations Department operates the airfield and provides services to support operations of activity, tenant, and transiting aircraft; provides air traffic control; schedules administrative and proficiency flights; repairs and maintains station ground electronics equipment; stores, maintains, and issues assigned ordnance and munitions; operates firing ranges, bombing ranges and Navy Auxiliary Landing Field (NALF) Orange Grove.

Air Operations is comprised of four divisions: Air Traffic Control; Ground Electronics; Field Support; and the Auxiliary Landing Field at Orange Grove, Texas. Air Operations also manages the McMullen Target Range in Freer, Texas.