[1] It is owned by the town of Plainville[1] and is located two nautical miles (4 km) north of its central business district.

[7] Tomasso Brothers, Inc, hired New Britain based firm Gaffney Bennet Public Relations to create an astroturf campaign with the aim of pressuring town officials to purchase the airport.

One of them being the addition of different and updated pilot-controlled lighting along with precision markings on the runway for an instrument approach procedure the airport received in April 2015.

Robertson Field covers an area of 39 acres (16 ha) at an elevation of 202 feet (62 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2011, the airport had 21,105 aircraft operations, an average of 57 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military.