It is named for Camden Central Airport whose terminal building was located beside the circle, to the south-east.

From the circle, US 130 heads northeasterly on six-lane divided highway called Crescent Boulevard, US 30 continues westward onto six-lane divided Admiral Wilson Boulevard, CR 607 runs westerly along two-lane undivided Kaighns Avenue, US 30/US 130 continues southward on six-lane divided Crescent Boulevard, and Route 38 heads to the easterly as a six-lane divided road, coming to an interchange with Route 70 a short distance later.

To the north of the circle is a residential neighborhood while the Airport Industrial Park is to the southeast.

Other commercial and industrial establishments surround the circle to the northeast and west.

[8] The world's first drive-in theater opened June 6, 1933, on Admiral Wilson Boulevard at Airport Circle a short distance from Cooper River Park.