It located in Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida, United States, northwest of Patrick Space Force Base.

An operations building and maintenance hangar were located on the south side of the airfield and the Mosquito Control District had a maintenance hangar on the north side of the airfield.

The north–south landing strip was eventually abandoned, replaced by various facilities such as T-hangars that currently occupy this area.

[1][3] Merritt Island Airport covers 129 acres (52 ha) and has one runway: On January 24, 2021, a man identified as 24 year old Abhishek Patter, a pilot from India who was training for his commercial airline pilot's license, crashed a plane, a Piper PA-28, on nearby waters as he was flying from Palm Beach County Park Airport to Merritt Island Airport.

The 24-year-old was a student at 2Fly Airborne flight school in Merritt Island according to officials in Brevard County.