[1] Perryville Regional Airport covers an area of 351 acres (142 ha) at an elevation of 372 feet (113 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011, the airport had 5,900 total aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 86% general aviation, 8% military and 5% air taxi.

It was named Chester Army Airfield and consisted of two parallel 2000' runways aligned NNE/SSW (02/20).

Flight training was provided by Anderson Air Activities to the aviation cadets assigned to the airfield and Fairchild PT-19s were the primary trainer used.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency