The airport opened in the early 1960s, replacing the previous Taylor Field just southwest of Ocala.

Its 5000-ft runway was served by Eastern Airlines, with one Convair 440 flight a day with a routing of Jacksonville (JAX) - Gainesville (GNV) - Ocala (OCF) - Vero Beach (VRB) - Miami (MIA) and return.

Current facilities on site include: For the year ending October 31, 2022, the airport had 58,465 aircraft operations, average 160 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi, 1% military, and <1% commercial.

[1] In 2012, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John released a Christmas album containing the track "I Think You Might Like It", whose music video features the FBO at the airport.

Travolta lives nearby, at the Jumbolair fly-in community, which also makes an appearance in the video.