The airport is used for general aviation and military training; it has scheduled flights to Dallas/Fort Worth on American Airlines/American Eagle.

LeTourneau constitutes a very large portion of the airport's traffic and has a fleet of airplanes ranging from Cessna 172s to Citabrias and Piper PA-44 Seminoles.

[6] Each summer the airport hosts the Great Texas Balloon Race, a volunteer-run weekend event held annually since 1980.

Big changes came in 1970, when the 10,000 ft (3,000 m) paved runway 13/31 was completed, and in 1976 when a new air traffic control tower was built.

It has two asphalt runways:In the year ending April 30, 2023, the airport had 85,989 aircraft operations, average 235 per day: 74% general aviation, 10% military, 15% air taxi, and <1% airline.