[3] Opened as Okmulgee Field in 1942 as a United States Army Air Forces airfield with three 6,000-ft hard surface runways, (00/18; 04/27; 15/33).

[4][5][6] Inactivated on June 30, 1944, with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.

Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport.

Central Airlines scheduled flights to Okmulgee in 1950–53; in June 1950 it was a stop between Tulsa and Holdenville, Oklahoma.

[8] In May 2015, the Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust (TAIT) and the Okmulgee City Council approved a contract to bring operation and management of the Okmulgee Regional Airport under TAIT's umbrella effective July 1, 2015, while the city would continue to pay airport-related expenses.