The airport is under the Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, and serves the population of southwestern Afghanistan.

[3][4] Qatar was working with local authorities to upgrade Farah Airport for international flights in the late 2010s.

[5] Farah Airport was also used for military purposes in the past by the United States Armed Forces, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), and the old Afghan Air Force (AAF).

Under a 10-year agreement signed in 2022, Afghanistan's airspace and several of its airports were handed over to the United Arab Emirates firm GAAC Holding.

[7] After the Taliban's conquest of Afghanistan in August 2021, all commercial flights were halted at Farah Airport.