This airport serves not only Comayagua but also the residents of Tegucigalpa due to the limitations on growth of Toncontin.

It permanently houses some 1,800 US military personnel and is also the headquarters of the aviation academy of the Honduran Air Force.

With the arrival of President Juan Orlando Hernández, this plan was discarded and instead the construction of the airport was presented as a tool for mutual military development, with the participation of the United States Southern Command.

Months before, on March 31, 2016, the contract was signed between the Government of Honduras and the concessionaire to begin construction and manage future facilities.

[11] Its initial phase in what constitutes the land side of the project included the construction of 755 metres (2500 ft) of access road and internal circulation circuit.

On the air side, which is the side commonly known as the runway, 35,192 square metres (380,000 sq ft) of commercial platform and 8,820 square metres (95,000 sq ft) of cargo platform were built, which will be able to accommodate 4 commercial flights, with its 4 boarding bridges.

To conclude this stage, 8,940 square metres (96,000 sq ft) of national aviation platform were built, which will have capacity for 6 aircraft.

[14][15] In August 2020, the president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, Dante Mossi, said that the airport would serve to "revive the economy".

[citation needed] El Heraldo reported in January 2020 that flights to 14 countries were expected to be offered.

The destinations would be to closer countries such as Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and the United States, but also to more distant countries in South America with destinations to Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru.