[1] The airfield is located 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the main cantonment area of Camp Grayling.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 4,691 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 63% general aviation and 37% military.

The runways were hard surfaced in 1933 and the entire airport was turned over to the federal government for military use during World War II.

[6][7] The airport is part of Camp Grayling, the largest National Guard training facility in the United States.

The airport is the base for aircraft that use 147,000 acres of multi-use ranges and maneuver courses to accommodate a variety of air-to-air and air-to-ground training exercises.

Additionally, the airfield contains a 6,400-square-foot (590 m2) maintenance hangar, crash rescue barn and NAVAIDS which include TVOR, NDB, VASI and REIL.