After this, the government of King Alfonso XIII created the national Villafría Burgos airport by Royal Decree on 19 July 1927.

On 8 August 1941, Burgos City Hall agreed to purchase a country estate of almost 300,000 square metres (3,200,000 sq ft) that formed part of the old Monte de Gamonal.

In fact, the Air Ministry was founded in Burgos after the civil war, when the Military Aeronautical Service forces created by King Alfonso XIII in 1910 were modernised.

In August 1995, the Ministry of Defence signed an agreement with Burgos City Council making the Villafría aerodrome facilities exclusively for civil use.

On 20 October 2000, the aerodrome was declared a site of general interest, directly managed by the central government, through Aena.