It is situated three miles (5 km) east of the city center of Eastman.

Eastman–Dodge County Airport was built in 1966 to accommodate the expanding business needs of the local convenience store chain, Stuckey's.

[4] The construction of a 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) aviation campus for Heart of Georgia Technical Institute was completed in December 1995 on 14 acres (5.7 ha) of land adjacent to the airport.

The campus, which became Georgia Aviation Technical College in July 2001, was further expanded in March 2000 and November 2004.

The airport has an air traffic control tower, it operates during school hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00am to 6:00pm, and Friday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.