In 2007, American Eurocopter finished the second phase of the project, a 220,000-square-foot (20,000 m2) facility built primarily to manufacture and assemble the new U.S. Army UH-72A Lakota light utility twin engine helicopter.

Severstal North America opened a steel mini-mill in an adjacent site in October 2007 and immediately began construction on phase II, bringing total investment in the plant to $1.8 billion.

[9] In December of the same year, the three local cities approved bond issues to pay $1,285,000 for the airport, with the remaining 45% of the project to be paid for by the federal government.

[11] Golden Triangle Regional Airport covers an area of 1,000 acres (405 ha) at an elevation of 264 feet (80 m) above mean sea level.

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2023, the airport had 51,205 aircraft operations, an average of 140 per day: 74% military, 20% general aviation and 6% air taxi.

[12] The airport plans to expand the second floor waiting area and to install a jet bridge starting in the spring of 2023.

[20] Republic also served the airport with McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jets and Convair 580 turboprops during the early and mid 1980s before ending its service to Columbus by 1986.

[21][22] By early 1985, in addition to Republic's DC-9 jet service, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) had begun serving the airport as the Delta Connection on behalf of Delta Air Lines via a code sharing agreement with flights operated with Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante commuter turboprops on nonstop flights from Atlanta, Memphis and Tuscaloosa.

Four flights per day to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) as Delta Connection code sharing service remained until late 2005.

Mesaba Aviation operating code sharing service as Northwest Airlink on behalf of Northwest Airlines flew to Memphis from GTR, but they ceased these operations in 2003 citing a desire to not compete with the new regional jet service being started by ASA as they replaced their Embraer EMB-120 fleet.