[2] Its operations are paid for by an airport taxation district created in 1946, which collects taxes from property owners in the Madison County townships of Alton, Wood River, Foster and Fort Russell.

[3] The property was purchased by Colonel Milton Waltson after his discharge from the Army Air Corps after WWII.

[1] With an ILS approach and tower controlled class D airspace, the facility can accommodate a Boeing 747.

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2017, the airport had 39,828 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 85% general aviation, 13% air taxi, 2% military and less than 1% commercial service.

[1] West Star Aviation is the largest fixed-base operations (FBO) company at the airport.