[1] In the year ending July 31, 2009 the airport had 35,000 aircraft operations, average 95 per day: 97.1% general aviation, 1.4% air taxi, and 1.4% military.

[3] To address this problem and ramp up training for new pilots, the commanding general of the AAF, Henry Arnold, devised a plan for primary contract flying schools located in local communities.

The Air Corps would supply the trainees and planes, pay for the training, and buy back the buildings after the schools closed.

The airfield was dedicated as the Thompson–Robbins Airfield on December 6, 1941, in honor of two Helena flyers killed in AAF flying accidents: Lieutenant Jerome Pillow Thompson, who died on June 17, 1933, and Lieutenant Jack Stewart Robbins, who died on November 8, 1940.

[8] The physical facilities of Thompson–Robbins Field included administrative buildings and quarters for officers and enlisted men, encircling a central location.

A consolidated mess hall, which accommodated 1,000 enlisted men and a limited number of' officers, was located nearby.

Adjacent to the mess hall was a Post Exchange, a Service Club and a dance floor.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency