Sanderson Field covers an area of at an elevation of 273 feet (83 m) above mean sea level. It has one active runway (5/23), running in an east–west orientation with a asphalt pavement. The active runway has medium-intensity runway edge lighting, installed in 1986, that operates from dusk to dawn. The primary approach is on Runway 23, which has a four-light Precision Approach Path Indicator system. A former runway (17/35) runs in a north–south orientation and has been deactivated since the early 1960s. Remnants of the former runway's markings are visible from the air and in high-resolution satellite imagery.