[1] It is owned by the Paulding County Board of Commissioners,[2] and is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

On October 4, 2013, Paulding County announced a Public Private Partnership with Propeller Investments, llc (doing business as Silver Comet Terminal Partners, llc) to further develop the airport, with an intent to provide commercial passenger services.

In December, the court ruled in favor of the airport and county in the bond funding case; residents pledged to appeal.

A settlement was announced for the FAA case, calling for an environmental assessment, postponing the commercialization of the airport.

In January 2014, residents filed a third legal challenge regarding airport leases and a loan funding the taxiway expansion.

By 2015, anti-privatization politicians had been elected to the Paulding County Commission, straining the private industry relations, and by 2018, the Airport Authority terminated the partnership.

[22] Ground was broken on an aviation maintenance academy run by Chattahoochee Technical College in September 2022.

[23] Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport covers an area of 164 acres (66 ha) at an elevation of 1,289 feet (393 m) above mean sea level.