[4] Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 47,859 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[5] 42,071 in 2009 and 41,453 in 2010.

[6] The only commercial airline service is provided by twice-daily Delta Connection flights to Atlanta using CRJ-700 and CRJ-900 aircraft.

One of the Army's first flight surgeons, he was killed in the crash of a Fokker D.VII, AS-5382,[7] at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, on 15 September 1923.

The group flew mostly AT-6 Texans as well as providing advanced & specialized training in single engine aircraft, including P-40 fighters.

The field was inactivated by the U.S. Army Air Forces on October 31, 1945, and the airfield and its improvements were made available to the City of Dothan and Houston County under an Agreement in 1946 which was jointly accepted.

The airport lands lay dormant for about 20 years and Houston County later turned its share of Napier Field to the city.

[2] In 2011 the airport had 85,201 aircraft operations, an average of 233 per day: 55% military, 40% general aviation, 4% airline, and 1% air taxi.