The station provides one of two mass transit connections to the nearby Logan International Airport, as well as serving local residents in East Boston.

The west entrance to the station serves residential portions of East Boston via Bremen Street Park, with a footbridge over the northbound lanes of Route 1A.

[5] The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) opened the first phase of the Revere Extension on January 5, 1952, with new stations at Airport, Wood Island, and Orient Heights.

The centerpiece of the program was Totems of Light, a pair of 40-by-6-foot (12.2 m × 1.8 m) stained glass windows at the rebuilt Airport station.

As part of Big Dig environmental mitigation, the state was mandated to run Silver Line service to the airport terminals.

[13] Although the full project was shelved due to the MBTA's financial difficulties, some corridor routes received more limited work, including a branch of the Silver Line to Chelsea.

[14] In October 2015, Massport released plans for a major expansion of Terminal E which would include a pedestrian bridge directly to the station.

[16] In April 2018, Massport announced a $15 million study of a possible automated people mover system to connect the Airport Station with the four terminals, rental car center, and economy parking.