[2] Douglas Municipal Airport covers an area of 496 acres (201 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (4/22) measuring 6,005 x 100 ft (1,830 x 30 m).

Wesley Newman Raymond, a World War I native of Nova Scotia, relocated to Macon, Georgia in 1936 where he owned an aircraft dealership and fixed-base operation.

The new company established a Civil Pilot Training (CPT) flight school at the South Georgia College airport.

In early 1941, the United States Army Air Corps approached Raymond-Richardson about the possibility of operating a primary Contract Pilot School.

The City of Douglas and Coffee County welcomed the proposal and floated a bond issue to finance a portion of the project.

The construction of the cantonment area at Douglas Army Airfield was of concrete and tile buildings and began on 29 June 1941.

In December 1943, the reduction in flight training was beginning to make itself felt as the size of classes began to decrease.

Following the war, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation utilized the airfield for the disposal of surplus Army and Navy aircraft.