[2] The airport was built as a civil airport on land donated by the Neustadt family in the name of World War I pilot Max Westheimer to the University of Oklahoma and land from the city of Norman, Oklahoma.

It was taken over by the U.S. Navy in 1941 and expanded as a training field; it was then called the Naval Air Station Norman.

[3] The airport covers 727 acres (294 ha) at an elevation of 1,182 feet (360 m) above sea level.

[1] In the year ending January 1, 2018, the airport had 48,733 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% military and 1% air taxi.

[1] The Cleveland County Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol meets on Tuesday evenings in a hangar provided by The University of Oklahoma, east of the terminal.