The current integrated terminal building was inaugurated by the then Minister of Civil Aviation, Ashok Gajapathi Raju on 14 September 2017.

[8] The RAF used the airport as a training site during World War II, providing support to the South East Asia Command.

[5] Belgaum Airport saw the return of commercial flights in 2003, with Air Deccan providing service from Bangalore.

Kingfisher returned in January 2011 with daily flights from Mumbai,[12] but it exited the market in November 2011 amid its own financial difficulties.

It involved extension of the runway, construction of a new isolation bay, a taxiway, an apron for three A-320 aircraft and a new 22.5-metre tall ATC tower.

[4] The expanded facilities were formally inaugurated on 14 September 2017 and AAI commissioned the new terminal and apron on 16 October 2017.

[16] In 2020, Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi requested that the airport be named after Kittur Rani Chennamma.

The expansion work will be undertaken at a cost of around ₹ 230 crore, and is scheduled to begin from January 2024 with a deadline of completing in 2–3 years.

[20] Built by and originally under the control of the Royal Air Force, the Special Reserve Police of Karnataka took over the airbase in 1984.