The history of Bacacheri airport begins in 1930 as an air field for Military Aviation.

On March 31, 1980 Bacacheri Air Force Base was de-commissioned and its administration handled over to Infraero.

However, Bacacheri still has a strong military presence because the Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center section 2 (Cindacta II) is located in the vicinity of the airport.

Following is the number of passenger, aircraft and cargo movements at the airport, according to Infraero (2007-2021) and CCR (2022-2024) reports:[8][9][1] Note: a: 2022 series provided by CCR is incomplete, lacking data for the months of January, February and part of March.

The airport is located 7 km (4 mi) from downtown Curitiba.