[2] It is owned by the North Platte Airport Authority[2] and sees one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

[5] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a regional primary commercial service facility.

The field was lit using burning fuel barrels and the plane landed at 7:48 p.m. and left for Omaha at 10:44 p.m. after repairs to the de Havilland 4.

[citation needed] In 1929 the City of North Platte bought the airfield and leased it to the Boeing Transport Company, an original part of United Airlines.

[2] In the year ending December 31, 2018 the airport had 28,300 aircraft operations, average 77 per day: 82% general aviation, 12% air taxi, 5% airline, and 2% military.