[2] Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport say EVV's annual traffic grew by nearly seven percent in 2018, in comparison to passenger counts the previous year.

Built in 1928 on 260 acres (1.1 km2) of land along U.S. Highway 41 and funded by a city bond issue, the original airport had a small terminal, weather bureau, hangar, runways, boundary lights, grading, and drainage.

[4] The first jet at the Evansville airport landed in September 1964, a chartered 727 carrying presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.

In response to this, on August 20, 2014, Delta Air Lines upgraded to a Boeing 717 with daily service to Atlanta.

Delta further upgraded to a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 at the beginning of summer in 2015, in addition with current 717 service, occasionally replacing the smaller aircraft on some flights.

On June 4, 2015, United Express began three daily flights to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago utilizing the Embraer ERJ-145.

On November 8, 2021, Evansville Regional announced that United Airlines was pulling their daily flights to Chicago.

[6] On March 3, 2022, Evansville Regional announced American Airlines has paused their daily Chicago flights.

Days later it was also released that Delta has suspended their Detroit service from Evansville for an undetermined amount of time.

In the year ending June 30, 2021, the airport had 34,693 aircraft operations, averaging 95 per day: 60% general aviation, 28% air taxi, 8% military, and 4% airline.

The cocktail lounge has brand-name beers, wines, spirits, and local favorites for passengers' 21 and over enjoyment, with flat screen TVs and sitting areas.

Hotel shuttles to different lodging accommodations in the Evansville area can be requested in the front of the terminal.