It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of Albemarle, North Carolina.

[4] Stanly County Airport serves as a regional training site for the North Carolina Air National Guard.

Runway 4R/22L was frequently used as an assault strip by the C-130s of the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing (145 AW) based in Charlotte; that unit is now transitioning to the C-17 Globemaster III.

[5] Stanly County Airport covers an area of 800 acres (324 ha) at an elevation of 609 feet (186 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending May 29, 2023, the airport had 28,068 aircraft operations, an average of 77 per day: 63% general aviation and 38% military.