Bisbee-Douglas International Airport

Cochise County owns and runs Bisbee Douglas International Airport (KDUG), which is open to the public. During World War II, the airport—which was built between 1941 and 1943—was utilized as a bomber training facility. The airport was turned over to Cochise County by the US government in 1949 as a hub for regional aviation. It is situated 24 miles east of Bisbee, Arizona, and 10 miles northwest of Douglas, Arizona's major business center. The airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems of the Federal Aviation Administration and is categorized as a general aviation facility. Northrop Grumman, the Arizona State Forestry Division, and Master Aircraft Services are a few of the building's well-known tenants.

When World War II came to an end, Douglas AAF was deemed surplus to military requirements and given to the City of Douglas' local government authority to be converted into a civil airport. As Bisbee/Douglas was a station on a transcontinental multi-stop route, American Airlines provided service to the airport. Daily flights between the east and west coasts were operated by the airline in the form of Douglas DC-3, Convair 240, and by 1952, Douglas DC-6 propliners. Following the termination of American Airlines operations in 1965, Apache Airlines began operating de Havilland Dove commuter flights to Tucson and Phoenix. The first Frontier Airlines (1950–1986), which made stops in Nogales and Tucson, Arizona, on its way to Phoenix with DC-3s, provided Bisbee/Douglas with limited service in the early 1950s.

At 4,154 feet (1,266 m) in elevation, the airport spans 3,000 acres (1,200 ha). There are two asphalt runways on it: 8/26 is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m) and 17/35 is 7,311 by 100 feet (2,228 x 30 m). The airport saw 19,650 aircraft operations in the year that ended on March 31, 2009, with an average of 53 per day: 29% military and 71% general aviation. The airport originally housed 19 aircraft, of which 95% were single-engine and 5% were multi-engine. In southern Arizona, the Bisbee-Douglas International Airport serves both general aviation and commercial aircraft. Owing to its advantageous location, first-rate amenities, and proven operational performance, the airport provides an outstanding setting for a variety of aviation and non-aviation-related activities.