Scheduled service was seasonal (May through October) until 1970, when year-round flights to Tokyo began.

[2] The airport was closed for expansion work from May 1981 until February 1982, during which time the main runway was extended and widened, from 1,200 x 30 m to 1,640 m x 45 m. A further extension to 2,000 m was completed in November 1982.

[2] Hokkaido Air System operated intra-island flights from Asahikawa to Hakodate (1998 to 2013) and Kushiro (1998 to 2008).

[2] Asiana Airlines operated this route intermittently until 2011, when international service at Asahikawa was suspended in the wake of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

[8] Later that year, the COVID-19 pandemic ended all international service at the airport and cut domestic traffic by 82%, as of September 2020.