It is located in the municipality of Montferrer i Castellbò in Catalonia, eastern Spain, and serves the city of La Seu d'Urgell and the microstate of Andorra, which is 12 km north of the airport.

La Seu d'Urgell airfield opened in 1982 but was closed to commercial traffic in 1984 and was used only by private aircraft until 2008, when the airport was purchased by the Catalan government and closed pending its redevelopment and reopening as a commercial airport.

[5] Eight tourist charter flights per direction were operated by Swiftair during the summer 2015, four from Madrid, four from Palma de Mallorca.

[6] French regional airline Twin Jet operated flights to the airport during March 2018, with routes from Madrid, Marseille and Palma de Mallorca.

[7] The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport: