[1] In the year ending December 31, 2022, the Jack Brooks Regional Airport had 18,894 aircraft operations, average 65 per day: 84% general aviation, 9% air taxi, 5% military, and 2% airline.

[4] Soon after the Jack Brooks Regional airport was built, BPT was a stop on the Houston-New Orleans route operated by Eastern Airlines which then ended its mainline service in 1966.

[5] Eastern Air Lines Convair 440s, Lockheed Constellations and Martin 4-0-4s flew to Houston/Hobby Airport and direct to Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

[11] By the spring of 1969, Delta Air Lines had introduced McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jet service with two daily flights, one operating an east and northbound routing of Houston - Beaumont/Port Arthur - Shreveport - Atlanta - New York Newark Airport and the other flight operating a south and westbound routing of New York Kennedy Airport - Atlanta - Shreveport - Beaumont/Port Arthur - Houston.

[12][13] Trans-Texas Airways subsequently changed its name to Texas International Airlines which in turn continued to operate Douglas DC-9-10 jets as well as Convair 600 turboprops to Houston, Dallas and other destinations.

According to the February 1, 1976 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Texas International was operating direct DC-9 jet service from Los Angeles (LAX) to Beaumont/Port Arthur via five stops en route including Albuquerque, Roswell, Midland/Odessa, Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston.

[16] During the mid-1970s, Delta Air Lines was operating Boeing 727-200s as well as McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s nonstop to Houston (IAH) and Shreveport as well as direct to Atlanta.

[14] Delta Connection, operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA), flew Canadair CRJ-200s to Atlanta and Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias to Dallas/Ft.

In early 1985, the Jack Brooks Regional airport did not have jet service but was served by four different airlines operating a combined total of 41 flights every weekday into BPT.