In order to improve the early-strength and frost resistance of concrete in severe cold environment, air entraining agents are often applied in combination with the early-strength and antifreeze agents， while the properties and mechanism of foaming power and foam stabilization are still not clear when they are used together. In this paper, three kinds of air entraining agents were selected: sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS), trimethyl hexyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether (AEO-9). The effects of Na2SO4, NaNO2 and ethylene glycol on surface activity, foam performance and air content of air entraining concrete were systematically compared. The results show that the addition of Na2SO4 and NaNO2 reduces the critical micelle concentration (cm) of the solution containing air entraining agents. For SDBS and AEO-9, the cm is not affected by ethylene glycol, which increases the cm of CTAB. The variation of foam height of air entraining agents solution conforms to the exponential attenuation model. In addition, Na2SO4, NaNO2 and ethylene glycol decrease the foam stability for SDBS and CTAB, but increase the foam stability of AEO-9 to a certain extent. Based on the concrete experiment, some correlation is observed between air content of concrete and the foam performance of air entraining agents solution while there are still obvious differences.