During the event, which was recorded by RTÉ television,[5] President Hillery took to the air in a replica of the de Havilland DH84 Dragon "Iolar" (Eagle) which flew Aer Lingus's first ever flight, from Dublin (Baldonnel) to Bristol in 1936.

[citation needed] Also operated from the airfield was a flying school, Leinster Aero Club[6] for private pilots with several de Havilland Tiger Moth trainer biplanes, an Auster 5J/1 Autocrat high-wing monoplane and from 1960 two Morane-Saulnier-Rallye four-seater low-winged aeroplanes.

[8] In late 2023, as part of a joint Revenue Customs and Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau operation, €8m worth of heroin was seized from a private aircraft at the airport.

[11] In 2013, the airport was sold by NAMA to Brian Conneely and Co., who announced plans to "upgrade the radar system and buildings, with a focus on aviation education courses".

[12] In August 2021, it was announced that a group of investors, which included tech entrepreneur and aviation enthusiast John Collison, had bought a majority stake in Weston Airport.

[13] Final sale to this group was confirmed later in 2021 and the new co-owners subsequently applied for planning permission for additional upgrade works on the site.

It is located on approximately 250 acres (1.0 km2) of land and incorporates about 9,000 m2 (97,000 sq ft) of operations buildings, an air traffic control tower, and three large aircraft hangars.