[2] It is the closest airport to Grand Canyon National Park with scheduled passenger service from a major airline.

[1] In the year ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 43,527 aircraft operations, an average of 119 per day: 67% general aviation, 25% air taxi, 2% military, and 5% airline.

These airlines operated commuter prop and turboprop aircraft including Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners, Beechcraft C99s, de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters, Cessna 402s, and Piper Navajos.

SunWest Airlines provided service from 1982 through 1985 with flights to Phoenix and to Albuquerque with a stop in Gallup, New Mexico.

SkyWest continued flying between Flagstaff and Phoenix as well as operating flights to Las Vegas with stops in Page, Arizona and St. George, Utah using the Swearingen Metroliner until 1994.

America West Boeing 737-200 jetliners appeared occasionally at the airport as a back-up for their Dash 8 service.

[6] Trans States was shut down in 2020 and CommutAir provided United Express service between the airport and Denver using Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets through October 2022.

[7] On January 11, 1995, an Empire Airlines Cessna 208 Caravan crashed 2 km (1.3 miles) SSE of FLG due to incorrectly configuring the aircraft fuel system prior to takeoff and impacting trees attempting to return to the airport.