Located northeast of Shreveport Regional and now known as Shreveport Downtown Airport, the facility’s history dates to 1929. In that year, a bond was issued for $1.8 million to construct the airport and to purchase land for neighboring Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City. 

Construction of the Downtown Airport began in 1930 in a location just north of Shreveport’s downtown district. The official dedication took place June 30, 1931. The airport initially consisted of an open field with an air sock located roughly in the middle. This allowed aircraft to depart in virtually any direction depending upon the direction of the wind.

In 1931, the airport received its first commercial airline when Delta Air Lines chose a route through Shreveport as part of its initial flight schedule from Dallas to Shreveport and on to Monroe, La., and to Jackson, Mississippi.

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