Today the land formerly occupied by the airport is an agricultural industrial estate and fields.

In 1939 the site was chosen by the United States Army Air Corps to provide basic (level 1) flying training to flight cadets.

The airport was expanded to a six-runway configuration with 2,400-foot 08/26; 2,100-foot 14;32; 2,000-foot 03/21; and 2,100-foot 17/35 sod runways, basically an all-direction grass field.

It returned to civilian ownership, being transferred to the city of Lincoln in 1952 as a civil airport.

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