Being the Chief Administrator of the region ,the Regional Executive Director(NER) coordinates and controls the following activities at Airport of AAI:-

1. Upkeep, maintenance and management of airport ,terminal buildings within the region.
2. Providing and maintaining various passenger facilitation at airport.
3. Ensure safety and security of passengers and aircrafts at airports.
4. Ensure safe and expeditious provisions of air traffic services.
5. Ensure provision of communication and navigation services and their maintenance.
6. Ensure provision of safety and rescue services and maintenance of vehicles at the airports region.
7. Effective monitoring the ongoing projects at various stations for timely completion and suggests new proposals/schemes for improvements of airports.
8. Financial management so as to achieve corporate mission by monitoring resources and expenditure.
9. Enhancement of revenue and reduction in expenditure .
10. Land management in and around the airports so as to prevent the encroachment and achieve the     non- traffic revenue by judicious use of the lands.
11. Maintaining coordination with outside agencies, like state governments , central governments , etc.
12. Human resources development planning , like recruitment , training, promotion, etc.
13. Provide welfare measures for staff and ensures implementation .
14. Implementation of aviation safety parameters and ensures compliance .
15. Industrial relations.
16. General overall vigilance.

RED (NER) manages above functions at 23 airports in seven states of N.E Region and two in the state of West Bengal . Out of these airports 13 are operational and rest 10 are non-operational.