The City of Monroe owns and is responsible for the operation of Custer Airport, located west of Munson Park. This valuable City facility has a 5000-foot long, 100-foot wide runway, along with a full parallel taxiway capable of servicing a wide variety of General Aviation aircraft. Custer Airport is home to many recreational tenants, and nearly all of the hangars are rented year-round. ​

The Custer Airport is named after General Custer who On November 26, 1868 located a large village of Cheyenne encamped near the Washita River, just outside of present-day Cheyenne, Oklahoma.... Within a few hours, the village was destroyed—the soldiers had killed 103 Cheyenne, including the peaceful Black Kettle and many women and children. The city of Monroe should not have a community airport named for man who committed such atrocities. 

The airport should be renamed.