The airport is equipped with a CAT 1 instrument landing system, on-site aircraft rescue and firefighting, and a fully serviced air terminal building with customs and passenger screening.

YXX is highly visible to the public due to the Abbotsford International Airshow,[6] Defense & Security Expo,[7] and Tradex[8] events centre.

[5] In 2018, the airport announced it will undergo a $5 million, 14,000-square-foot expansion to add new gates and additional passenger seating capacity.

[citation needed] In September 1984, Pope John Paul II held an open-air mass for over 200,000 people at the airport.

[citation needed] In June of that year, Abbotsford became a jet passenger airport in with the start of scheduled service to Alberta by WestJet.

Abbotsford's first international charter flight was to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in December 2003 by tour operator Transat Holidays.

[citation needed] In 2010, a new parallel taxiway was added alongside runway 07/25, and the main airport apron was extended.

[citation needed] From 2017, Abbotsford International Airport began to see a resurgence in air passenger numbers, with the introduction of service to Edmonton and Calgary with WestJet.

[14] Since 1962, the airport has hosted the annual Abbotsford International Airshow usually held the second weekend in August.

[17] The airport is serviced by Central Fraser Valley Transit Route 21, which connects Aldergrove with Bourquin Exchange in Abbotsford.