A Civil Pilot Training Program operated from the airport until it was leased by the United States Navy on May 1, 1942, to be an outlying field of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

[3] PGV used to service Delta Airlines to Atlanta The airport officially opened the renovated air terminal on February 24, 2011.

[5][6] The lengthening will allow the current critical aircraft to operate at full payload service capabilities, including during hot weather.

Teams playing games against East Carolina University had to fly into nearby Kinston because the runways were not long enough to handle modern charter jets.

Also included will be the clearing of tree obstacles and the installation of a new GPS RNAV vertically guided approach for Runway 2.