The airport is located approximately 5 kilometers from the city center and is situated in Barangays Muricay and Tiguma in Pagadian.

In 2006, the airport underwent a PHP 379.46 million-worth (US$8.72 million) rehabilitation and facility upgrade and was completed in December 2009.

The first aircraft to land on the rehabilitated runway was a Fokker 70 of the Philippine Air Force carrying the Presidential Security Group (PSG) followed by a chartered Dornier 328 of the Royal Star Aviation with tail number RP-C8328 carrying the presidential entourage.

Under Aquino's PPP program, the airport was entitled to a 42 million subsidy for upgrading of its facilities.

[3] This includes extension of runway, widening of taxiway, rehabilitation and improvement of passenger terminal building, improvement and expansion of vehicular parking area, construction of drainage system, and construction of perimeter fence.