Foster Field began as a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) facility that was established in 1941 as an advanced single-engine flying school for fighter pilots.

After World War II, Foster Field was deactivated and the site was returned to its private owners, the Buhler and Braman estates.

The growth of the county airport slowly replaced the loss of Foster AFB as numerous businesses located there.

[4] Trans-Texas then changed its name to Texas International which in 1970 was flying 15-seat Beechcraft 99 commuter turboprops nonstop to Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH).

[8] Continental Express would continue to serve the airport during the 1990s and by the end of the decade was operating 19-seat Beechcraft 1900 commuter turboprops on the route to IAH in addition to the Embraer Brasilia aircraft.

[10] Continental was eventually merged into United Airlines and code sharing flights to Houston Intercontinental airport were discontinued.

[1] For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019; the airport had 57,422 aircraft operations, an average of 157 per day: 80% military, 13% general aviation, and 6% air taxi.