In order to scientifically evaluate the capability of airport operational commanders,this paper first analyzes the capability objectives of airport operational commanders based on the national professional appraisal standards and designs the capability evaluation index system of operational commanders composed of 3 dimension latent variables and 15 explicit variables by using system engineering principles and then establishes the structural equation model for the capability evaluation of airport operational commanders.The AMOS software tool is used to estimate and test the parameters of the model to quantitatively analyze the relationship between the influencing factors and propose application recommendations for the structural equation model in the evacuation of capabilities of airport operational commanders.The research results have theoretical significance and practical reference for guiding the talent training mode,teaching training reform of traffic management major and improving the quality and efficiency of airport operational commander training.