The Wichita Airport Authority owns and operates the Airport System of Dwight D. Eisenhower National and Colonel James Jabara Airports. The Assistant Director of Airports, Chief Operating Officer (COO) is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating airport operations, public safety, maintenance, business and financial affairs, engineering and construction, master planning and environmental matters, and establishing and enforcing rules and regulations. The COO is also responsible for ensuring effective communications and work relations with federal and state regulatory authorities and with users and lessees of airport services.