Sharp Airlines offers flights to King Island and Launceston twice per day using a 19-seat Metro 23 (SA-227) turboprop aircraft.

On 17 September 2021, QantasLink resumed direct seven weekly flights to Melbourne for the first time in 15 years with its 50-seat Q300 turboprop aircraft.

[6] In the mid-1970s, a Federal policy was adopted that would eventually see the ownership and maintenance of all airports outside of capital cities transferred from the Commonwealth to the respective local authorities.

After much political controversy, it wasn't until March 1985 that $5.2 million of funding was allocated by the State and Federal governments to upgrade the Wynyard aerodrome.

[11][12] Burnie Airport was ranked 55th in Australia for the total number of revenue passengers served in the financial year 2016-2017.