Moultrie Airport was built before
World War II; during the war it was used as an auxiliary training field for
Spence Army Airfield a few miles to the northeast. Known as
Spence AAF Auxiliary No. 3 It hosted the 455th School Squadron (Special) beginning on August 1, 1941 while still a civil airport. The airfield was released from military use on December 15, 1945 and returned to civil use.
Southern Airways Douglas DC-3s began flights to Moultrie in 1949, but probably at Spence initially; by 1955 they were at Sunset Field, as it was then known. Southern then replaced its DC-3s with
Martin 404 prop aircraft followed by
Swearingen Metro II turboprops. Southern merged with
Republic Airlines which in turn operated
Convair 580 turboprops with Republic ceasing all service into Moultrie in 1981. Moultrie dropped out of the
Official Airline Guide (OAG) in 1988 when
Eastern Airlines ceased
codeshare commuter turboprop flights from Atlanta. ==Facilities==