Moultrie Municipal Airport is a public airport located 6 miles south of Moultrie, Georgia

Moultrie, Georgia

Moultrie is the county seat and largest city of Colquitt County and the third largest in Southwest Georgia behind Thomasville and Albany. As of 2009, Moultrie's population is 15,199 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 6.07 percent....

. The airport serves the general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 community, with no scheduled commercial airline service.

History

Moultrie Airport was built sometime before World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. During the war, it was used as an auxiliary training airfield for Spence Army Airfield, located a few miles to the northeast. Known as Spence AAF Auxiliary No. 3 It hosted the 455th School Squadron (Special) beginning on 1 August 1941 while still being used as a civil airport.

The airfield was released from military use on 15 December 1945 and returned to full civil use as a public airport.