[1] It is owned by the City of Cleveland and located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of its central business district.

[3][4] The airport was built by the United States Army Air Force and opened in April 1942 as a contract basic flying training airfield.

[5][6][7] Cleveland Municipal Airport covers an area of 133 acres (54 ha) at an elevation of 140 feet (42 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending February 7, 2012, the airport had 57,850 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 158 per day.

At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 19% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.