It is located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Wink, Texas.

[2] The airport was opened in August 1941 as Wink Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base.

At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.

[3][4] Winkler County Airport covers an area of 1,000 acres (405 ha) at an elevation of 2,822 feet (860 m) above mean sea level.

[1] For the 12-month period ending May 20, 2021, the airport had 2,720 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per week: 100% general aviation.