[3] Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chubu ("central") region of Japan.

Chubu Centrair serves the third largest metropolitan area in Japan, centered around the city of Nagoya.

According to Japanese media sources, Kodo-kai, a yakuza faction in the Yamaguchi-gumi group, earned an immense amount of money by being the sole supplier, via a front company called Samix, of dirt, rock, sand, and gravel for the airport construction project.

[7] When Chubu Centrair opened on 17 February 2005, it took over almost all of the existing Nagoya Airport's commercial flights, and relieved Tokyo and Kansai areas of cargo shipments.

Northwest Airlines operated routes from Nagoya to Detroit, Guam, Manila, Saipan, and Tokyo–Narita prior to its 2009 merger with Delta Air Lines.

[11] Delta took over this operation and added a Honolulu route in 2010, growing to nine daily flights at Nagoya, but cancelled most of these services over the next decade.

The Detroit route resumed on a weekly basis in April 2021, but Delta announced its permanent cancellation in 2023.

[15] Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan has begun preparations for construction of Chubu Centrair Airport's second runway in 2024.

The lower level is used for maintenance, catering, and other ground operations, as well as for passenger buses to hardstands in the middle of the airport ramp.

A Seattle-themed retail complex called "Flight of Dreams" opened in 2018, with the first-ever prototype Boeing 787 Dreamliner as a display centerpiece.

The Boeing Dreamlifter Operations Center is located on the airport's apron, to the south of the main terminal.

[21] Dreamlifter aircraft have operated from Centrair since 2007 and make several trips a week to Boeing's 787 assembly plant at Charleston International Airport.

The fastest "μSky Limited Express" service connects the airport to Meitetsu Nagoya Station in 28 minutes.

[65] Centrair Limousine provides direct bus service to and from central Nagoya, Sakae, and major hotels.