It has one runway, averages 30 flights per week, and has approximately 25 aircraft and hang gliders based on the field.

The airport began operations in 1946, and is named after two of its owners, Fred and Catherine Hiller, and Leonard Tanner.

After Fred died, Catherine continued to develop a flight school business at the airport, both as an instructor and as an FAA examiner.

In May 2017, after many years of being offered for sale, the airport was purchased for a reported US$1.1 million by G&C Group of Acton, MA, a subsidiary of a large flight school in China.

The final decision to sell was accelerated by the departure of the airport's long time manager, Burchard Aviation, who also operated an aircraft maintenance shop in one of the dilapidated hangars.