Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 10,902 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2021 and 10,048 in 2022.

[4][5] The airport opened in 1968–69 with a 6000-foot runway;[6] the 1975 Official Airline Guide shows Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989) Fairchild Hiller FH-227s and NAMC YS-11s nonstop from Charleston, WV, Huntington, WV, and Roanoke, VA.[7] In 1979 Piedmont had Boeing 727-100 and Boeing 737-200 nonstops from Atlanta and from LaGuardia Airport in New York City, while continuing NAMC YS-11 nonstops from Roanoke.

[9] Piedmont ended jet flights to the airport and by 1985 had turned its Greenbrier service over to its commuter affiliate Piedmont Regional which flew de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7s nonstop from Baltimore and Roanoke.

[11] In 1989 USAir Express was the only airline, with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 nonstops from Charlotte and Washington Reagan National Airport and Fairchild Metroliner nonstops from Pittsburgh, all operated for Piedmont successor USAir.

[1] In the year ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 7,765 aircraft operations, average 21 per day: 56% general aviation, 25% air taxi, 18% airline, and 2% military.