It is owned by Beauregard Parish and is located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of DeRidder, Louisiana.

This project in a stump littered field provided employment for about 400 men, who worked to clear what had once been a densely wooded region.

In February, 1941, the United States Army Corps of Engineers visited the site urging that a proposed development be filed as a National Defense Project.

The Police Jury and the City of DeRidder agreed to furnish the additional 200 acres (0.81 km2), plus sewage and water facilities, and to remove obstructions to air navigation.

On 1 July 1941, a contract for Lease was signed between the Beauregard Parish Police Jury and the United States Army Air Force for a military airfield to be built on the site.

During the war years, the base had what was needed for the welfare of the men: a post exchange, library, chapel, finance building, orderly rooms, headquarters sub-depot, officers and enlisted men's clubs, hospital, theater, swimming pool, shooting range, bowling and billiards.

DeRidder Army Air Base was declared surplus on October 2, 1946 and transferred to War Assets Administration on April 30, 1947.

The airport continues to host military exercises which include parachute jumps by Fort Johnson personnel.

[2][3] Beauregard Regional Airport covers an area of 4,300 acres (1,700 ha) at an elevation of 202 feet (62 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending September 23, 2022, the airport had 14,400 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% military.