It is owned by the town of Edenton and located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of its central business district.

[2] The airport was originally constructed during World War II by the United States Navy as Marine Corps Air Station Edenton.

MOTG-81 trained pilots, air crewmen and ground crews on the land-based PBJ-1 medium bomber, a U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps variant of the U.S. Army Air Forces' B-25 Mitchell bomber that was operated by Marine bombing squadrons, primarily in the Pacific theater.

Northeastern Regional Airport covers an area of 734 acres (297 ha) at an elevation of 19 feet (6 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending July 8, 2023 the airport had 14,000 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 93% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and 4% military.