It is located six nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Ashland, a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States.

Community events, such as car and air shows, also take place at the airport.

Ashland Regional Airport covers an area of 170 acres (69 ha) at an elevation of 546 feet (166 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending July 23, 2007, the airport had 4,500 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 2% military.

At that time there were 47 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 4% jet and 4% helicopter.