Perth Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P823) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee, Morris Leslie Limited.

The airport was subsequently bought by Airwork Services, which continued the long tradition of pilot training at Perth.

[7] AST, which is now part of Perth College, retains a presence at the airport and continues to offer aeronautical engineering courses.

SCAA provides a fully equipped medical helicopter that can be deployed from its central base at Perth Airport to incidents across the length and breadth of Scotland.

[11] In February 2019, the airport was reported to be looking into the possibility of attracting low-cost carriers such as Easyjet and Ryanair for scheduled passenger flights,[12] though ACS Aviation subsequently denied having any such plans.

[14] The Aerodrome Traffic Zone (ATZ) is notified active 0900 – 1700z in winter, 0800 – 1600Z in summer, and at other times by NOTAM.

[14] There is a line of hills running northeast–southwest to the east and south of the airport at a distance of 1.5 nm at its closest point.

[14] The standard ATZ reporting points are Perth Racecourse (at Scone), Stanley, Coupar Angus, Newburgh and Bridge of Earn.

[14] Jet aircraft regularly operate in the vicinity the airport due to its proximity to the former RAF Leuchars, 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) to the southeast.

[14] Its frequency is 110.40 MHz and has a range of 130 nautical miles (240 km; 150 mi), with a calibrated declination of 3° west.