[2] The airport's passenger terminal is directly accessible to Interstate 95 between Savannah and the suburban city of Pooler.

While commercial airlines continued to use Hunter Field, the city decided to build a second municipal airport in response to the increased military presence.

The City of Savannah acquired a 600-acre tract near Cherokee Hill, one of the highest elevations in the county, and construction of a new airfield began under a Works Progress Administration project.

In 1942, before the completion of this new airfield, the U.S. Army Air Corps decided to take over the new facility and start additional construction to carry out its mission.

In 1992, the airport had international service with non-stop flights to destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico when Key Airlines was operating a passenger hub in Savannah.

Key Airlines also operated non-stop mainline jet service to a number of U.S. cities at this time and from Savannah.

According to the Key Airlines system timetable dated October 1, 1992, non-stop services primarily operated with Boeing 727-100 and 727-200 jetliners were being flown from the airport to Antigua (ANU), Aruba (AUA), Atlanta (ATL), Baltimore (BWI), Boston (BOS), Cancun (CUN), Chicago Midway Airport (MDW), Cozumel (CZM), Curaçao (CUR), Freeport (FPO), Montego Bay (MBJ), Nassau (NAS), New York Newark Airport (EWR), Orlando (MCO), St. Maarten (SXM) and St. Thomas (STT).

In addition to these non-stop flights, a one-stop direct service was also flown by the airline from Savannah to St. Croix (STX).

The project included new roads, a new aircraft taxiway and parking apron, stormwater ponds, landscaping, and a new interchange at I-95 for entry into the Airport (Exit 104) at mile marker 104.

It has two runways with concrete surfaces:[2][13] For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2023, the airport had 112,822 aircraft operations, an average of 309 per day: 49% general aviation, 14% air taxi, 33% scheduled commercial, and 4% military.

[2] To accommodate the rapid growth in passengers traveling through the airport, construction is currently underway to expand the TSA security lanes.

Savannah ANGB has over 145 buildings and 239 acres of leased land in the southeast and northeast quadrants of the airport.