On 11 September 1953, the Council of Ministers of Spain ordered the urgent construction of an airport to serve the city of A Coruña.

This was the first airport to serve the area, as the hilly topography and meteorological conditions in the region made construction difficult.

At the time, the only air service to the province of Galicia was through the Lavacolla Airport in Santiago de Compostela, which opened in 1935.

A number of improvements were made during the 1980s, including an increase of runway gradation of 1 degree 12 minutes and the installation of an Instrument Landing System (ILS).

Currently the airport has a single runway (03/21), 2,340 metres (7,680 ft) long,[3] and is capable of supporting up to 12 take-offs and landings per hour.