[4] In addition to jet operations to major domestic destinations, the airport serves as a hub for regional airline flights to Helgeland, Lofoten and Vesterålen.

The first runway at Bodø Airport was built during World War II by British troops, after Germany had invaded Norway.

On 26 May 1940, three Royal Air Force Gloster Gladiators, led by Flight Lieutenant Caesar Hull, landed and made the first airborne defence for the city.

The area was swampland, and the first makeshift runway – built in May 1940 by Allied forces during the Norwegian Campaign (8 April–10 June 1940) of World War II – consisted of wooden planks floating on the water.

Soon the German Luftwaffe seized control over the airport and held it for the duration of the war, among other things upgrading the runway to concrete.

In 1988, NATO injected vast amounts of money to enable the airfield to handle large air forces in the event of an emergency.

There are also some civilian aircraft on display such as the de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, a Junkers Ju 52/3m on floats, and a Fokker F.28-1000 Fellowship.