The road measures 15.34 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 22 minutes to travel its length.
The A981 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 9 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like New Deer, Brucklay, Maud, Strichen, Memsie, and FRASERBURGH.
The road connects Aberdeenshire and Aberdeenshire.