The airport has been in operation since 13 September 1925 and has recently undergone a number of upgrades, enabling it to handle services by low cost airlines to destinations in Europe.

During World War II, the German occupying forces improved the airport for military use, by building a concrete 1,200 m (3,937 ft) runway.

On 31 October 2002, an ILS/DME System (instrument landing system/distance measuring equipment) was installed at the airport.

[6] The airport has been renamed after the celebrated 20th century Polish writer and the winner of the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature, Władysław Reymont.

[7] The airport no longer has any domestic destinations since the bankruptcy of OLT Express in July 2012, which had also planned a number of international services.

Due to low passengers numbers, Łódź Airport has been cited as an example of inefficient use of EU subsidies.