The town of Addison originally formed in 1904 as a small unincorporated community surrounding a St. Louis Southwestern Railway depot located at the northern end of a branch line to Dallas.

[4][5] In 1955, Guy Dennis, the son-in-law of founding settler Sidney Smith Noell, sold his large farm north of the depot to W.T.

[11] AAI realized that a private well would not support their development plans, so they petitioned the city to drill a municipal well and build its first public water system.

In the year ending September 30, 2023, it had 119,065 aircraft operations, averaging 326 per day: 68% general aviation, 32% air taxi, <1% airline and <1% military.

[30][31][32][33] The Dallas Grand Prix previously took place on a street circuit in Fair Park, but complaints from nearby homeowners prompted organizers to seek a less noise-sensitive venue, and they decided on Addison Airport because the surrounding area was largely industrial in nature.

The 1989 event was held on May 12–14 on a temporary 1.57 mi (2.53 km) circuit that traversed public streets, taxiways, and the south end of the runway.