[1] It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) south of the central business district of Currituck, North Carolina.

[9] Currituck Regional Airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Barco Flight Strip.

In recent years, Currituck Regional Airport has experienced a constant increase in aircraft based at this field.

Some of these improvements include: Currituck County Regional Airport covers an area of 250 acres (101 ha) at an elevation of 18 feet (5 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending November 9, 2011, the airport had 25,000 aircraft operations, an average of 68 per day: 70% general aviation, 28% military, and 2% air taxi.