Yuma International Airport covers an area of 3,100 acres (1,300 ha) at an elevation of 213 feet (65 m) above mean sea level.

It has four runways: For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 179,838 aircraft operations, an average of 493 per day: 53% military, 38% general aviation and 9% air carrier.

In 1925, the Chamber's Aviation Committee decided another 160 acres (65 ha) was needed to create a first-class landing field in Yuma.

Intense negotiations resulted in a public/private land trade, along with a promise by the government to provide Fly Field a steel frame hangar capable of housing 12 airplanes.

Amelia Earhart experienced landing problems and nosed her aircraft in the soft sand, destroying her propeller.

Fly Field experienced a downturn during the depression; but in the late 1930s it became clear that the United States faced a threat of conflict with the German Reich.

The Yuma County Board of Supervisors recommended Fly Field as a base for the Army Air Corps.

Initially, Yuma County assumed the burden of airfield maintenance and limited the use exclusively to Army and Navy aircraft.

The Chamber of Commerce promoted the City of Yuma airplane's famous endurance flights, which highlighted the region's weather which was very conducive to flying.

That partnership continues today, allows for unrestricted civil aviation use of the airfield facilities, including all runways and taxiways and promotes the security of the United States.

[5] According to its March 1, 1953, system timetable, Bonanza was operating Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft into the airport with a daily westbound routing of Phoenix-Blythe-Yuma-El Centro-San Diego-Santa Ana-Los Angeles.

[5] At this same time, Bonanza was operating a daily eastbound DC-3 service with a routing of Los Angeles-Santa Ana-San Diego-El Centro-Yuma-Blythe-Phoenix-Prescott-Kingman-Las Vegas.

[5] In 1964, the airline was operating nonstop F-27 propjet service to Phoenix with direct, no change of plane flights to San Diego and Los Angeles via an intermediate stop in El Centro.

[7] At this same time, one of the DC-9 jet flights to LAX operated continuing, no change of plane service to San Francisco, Portland, Oregon and Seattle via intermediate stops at other Air West destinations.

[8] Following the cessation of service by Hughes Airwest, a number of commuter and regional airlines operated flights over the years into the airport.

America West Airlines served Yuma as well with nonstop Boeing 737-200 jet service to its hub in Phoenix prior to being merged into US Airways.

In 1981, a wide body McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 in the livery of Continental Airlines was engaged in flight tests of new, retrofitted winglets.

Most importantly, the resolution stated the YCAA identified itself as an "aviation partner" with MCAS Yuma and that the civilian airport staff would work in a spirit of cooperation and goodwill with the military.