[2] In the year ending February 22, 2022, the airport had 23,572 aircraft operations, average 65 per day: 84% general aviation, 11% air taxi, 6% military, and <1% commercial.

A succession of Troop Carrier groups trained at Florence during 1943 those being the 63d, 65th, 313th and 315th prior to their deployment to Europe and North Africa.

The airfield became a combat crew replacement training school for A-20 Havoc light bomber crews, with the 411th Bombardment Group being the Operational Training Unit at Florence AAF from 15 August 1943 until 1 May 1944.

In early 1945 the airfield was transferred to First Air Force and the 127th Army Air Forces Base unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Light) assumed the A-26 Invader training mission.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency