American Airlines was serving Abilene during the mid 1930s as the airport was a stop on American's daily overnight service between Dallas and Los Angeles. American served the airport with 12-passenger Curtiss Condor aircraft which featured sleeper berths with these flights operating a routing of Dallas Love Field - Ft. Worth - Abilene - Big Spring, TX - El Paso - Douglas, AZ - Tucson - Phoenix - Los Angeles. By the late 1940s, American was operating Douglas DC-3 aircraft into the airport with a daily round trip routing of Dallas Love Field - Abilene - Big Spring - El Paso - Tucson - Phoenix - San Diego - Los Angeles. American would subsequently cease all flights to Abilene and would not return until the advent of American Eagle service many years later.