[1][2] It is primarily used for the transportation of Airbus aircraft parts from the company's factory at Méaulte nearby.

The British low-cost carrier Jet2.com announced and then cancelled a twice-weekly service to the Somme using this airport; flights were to start in April 2009.

On 28 January 2012, plans were unveiled to launch a twice-weekly service to Blackpool International Airport with Danish Air Transport using ATR 72s, however before the flights started, the route was cancelled.

At the end of 2013, a service to Toulouse, Dole and Nice was introduced under the "IGAvion" brand.

The factory (a short distance from the current airport) was later merged, successively, into SNCAN, Nord Aviation, Aerospatiale, and finally Airbus.