diff --git a/examples/experimental/dagster-airlift/dagster_airlift/in_airflow/base_proxy_operator.py b/examples/experimental/dagster-airlift/dagster_airlift/in_airflow/base_proxy_operator.py
index 2c8f058bb3bfc..572752fc2f8c7 100644
--- a/examples/experimental/dagster-airlift/dagster_airlift/in_airflow/base_proxy_operator.py
+++ b/examples/experimental/dagster-airlift/dagster_airlift/in_airflow/base_proxy_operator.py
@@ -119,6 +119,27 @@ def get_dagster_run_status(
         )
         return self.get_valid_graphql_response(response, "runOrError")["status"]
 
+    def get_attribute_from_airflow_context(self, context: Context, attribute: str) -> Any:
+        if attribute not in context or context[attribute] is None:
+            raise Exception(f"Attribute {attribute} not found in context.")
+        return context[attribute]
+
+    def get_airflow_dag_run_id(self, context: Context) -> str:
+        return self.get_attribute_from_airflow_context(context, "dag_run").run_id
+
+    def get_airflow_dag_id(self, context: Context) -> str:
+        return self.get_attribute_from_airflow_context(context, "dag_run").dag_id
+
+    def get_airflow_task_id(self, context: Context) -> str:
+        return self.get_attribute_from_airflow_context(context, "task").task_id
+
+    def default_dagster_run_tags(self, context: Context) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        return {
+            DAG_ID_TAG_KEY: self.get_airflow_dag_id(context),
+            DAG_RUN_ID_TAG_KEY: self.get_airflow_dag_run_id(context),
+            TASK_ID_TAG_KEY: self.get_airflow_task_id(context),
+        }
+
     def launch_runs_for_task(self, context: Context, dag_id: str, task_id: str) -> None:
         """Launches runs for the given task in Dagster."""
         session = self._get_validated_session(context)
@@ -140,36 +161,23 @@ def launch_runs_for_task(self, context: Context, dag_id: str, task_id: str) -> N
                 )
         logger.debug(f"Found assets to trigger: {assets_to_trigger}")
 
-        dag_run = context.get("dag_run")
-        assert dag_run, "dag_run not found in context"
-        # Get the dag_run_id
-        dag_run_id = dag_run.run_id
-
         triggered_runs = []
-        tags = {
-            DAG_ID_TAG_KEY: dag_id,
-            DAG_RUN_ID_TAG_KEY: dag_run_id,
-            TASK_ID_TAG_KEY: task_id,
-        }
-        for (repo_location, repo_name, job_name), asset_keys in assets_to_trigger.items():
-            execution_params = {
-                "mode": "default",
-                "executionMetadata": {
-                    "tags": [{"key": key, "value": value} for key, value in tags.items()]
-                },
-                "runConfigData": "{}",
-                "selector": {
-                    "repositoryLocationName": repo_location,
-                    "repositoryName": repo_name,
-                    "pipelineName": job_name,
-                    "assetSelection": [{"path": asset_key} for asset_key in asset_keys],
-                    "assetCheckSelection": [],
-                },
-            }
+        for (repo_location, repo_name, job_name), asset_key_paths in assets_to_trigger.items():
             logger.debug(
-                f"Triggering run for {repo_location}/{repo_name}/{job_name} with assets {asset_keys}"
+                f"Triggering run for {repo_location}/{repo_name}/{job_name} with assets {asset_key_paths}"
+            )
+            run_id = self.launch_dagster_run(
+                context,
+                session,
+                dagster_url,
+                _build_dagster_run_execution_params(
+                    self.default_dagster_run_tags(context),
+                    repo_location,
+                    repo_name,
+                    job_name,
+                    asset_key_paths,
+                ),
             )
-            run_id = self.launch_dagster_run(context, session, dagster_url, execution_params)
             triggered_runs.append(run_id)
         completed_runs = {}  # key is run_id, value is status
         while len(completed_runs) < len(triggered_runs):
@@ -196,6 +204,29 @@ def execute(self, context: Context) -> Any:
         return self.launch_runs_for_task(context, dag_id, task_id)
 
 
+def _build_dagster_run_execution_params(
+    tags: Mapping[str, Any],
+    location_name: str,
+    repository_name: str,
+    job_name: str,
+    asset_key_paths: Sequence[Sequence[str]],
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    return {
+        "mode": "default",
+        "executionMetadata": {
+            "tags": [{"key": key, "value": value} for key, value in tags.items()]
+        },
+        "runConfigData": "{}",
+        "selector": {
+            "repositoryLocationName": location_name,
+            "repositoryName": repository_name,
+            "pipelineName": job_name,
+            "assetSelection": [{"path": asset_key} for asset_key in asset_key_paths],
+            "assetCheckSelection": [],
+        },
+    }
+
+
 class DefaultProxyToDagsterOperator(BaseProxyToDagsterOperator):
     def get_dagster_session(self, context: Context) -> requests.Session:
         return requests.Session()