 This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a "general aviation" facility.Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned DPL by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned DPL to Dipolog Airport in Dipolog City, Philippines).Duplin County Airport opened December 16, 1964 when a University of North Carolina Medical School airplane landed on the runway.