It serves as a secondary and domestic-only airfield for the Tbilisi metropolitan area at roughly 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the city.

It is privately owned and operated by the parent company of Vanilla Sky Airlines, Service Air.

Natakhtari Airfield is located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Georgia's historic capital, Mtskheta, a popular tourist destination.

Apart from providing a bus service with Tbilisi in connection with scheduled flights, the airfield is also easily accessible by car: it is located on the S3 highway to Russia and nearby S1 to the west of the country.

[citation needed] Since the end of 2010, flights have been operating between Natakhtari and Mestia, in the northwestern mountain region of Svanetia.