The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023 categorized it as a small-hub primary commercial service facility.

[4] Chattanooga was a stopover on the Contract Air Mail route served by Interstate Airlines between Atlanta and Chicago.

Charles Lindbergh, the world-famous aviator who had piloted the Spirit of St. Louis over the Atlantic Ocean in May 1927, flew into Marr Field on October 5, 1927.

[5] In 1936, the landing area was expanded and runways paved as a part of the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA).

In March 2024, the airport added two additional boarding gates along with a new restaurant, gift shop and business center.

[13] Delta had flown a mainline service from 1947 until withdrawing in 1995 after 48 years in favor of affiliates like Atlantic Southeast Airlines operating smaller regional jets, such as the CRJ-200.

Delta subsequently decided to resume its mainline service flights, including DC-9s, to Chattanooga in September 2012.