[1][3] Owned by the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission, the airport is located eight nautical miles (15 km) northwest of the central business district of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

[7] Stennis International Airport covers an area of 591 acres (239 ha) at an elevation of 23.3 feet (7 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2019, the airport had 63,600 aircraft operations, an average of 174 per day: 90% general aviation and 10% military.

At that time there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, and one jet.