Local charter operations from Geraldton Airport providing fly-in fly-out services include Shine Aviation to Golden Grove Mine, Mount Magnet and Jack Hills.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia utilises the airport on an as-required basis and has an aircraft hangar which is vested in the City of Greater Geraldton adjacent to the general aviation terminal.

DFES and WA Police typically use Geraldton Airport as a base for their Perth-based aircraft when conducting missions and operations in the region.

Australia's first scheduled air mail service commenced on 5 December 1921 with a flight from Geraldton to Derby by West Australian Airways Ltd, flown by WWI veterans Maj. Norman Brearley DSO, MC, AFC and Lt. Len Taplin in a Bristol Tourer.

In 1945, MacRobertson Miller Aviation Company (MMA) began Douglas DC-3 services to Geraldton with flight time of less than 2 hours to Perth.

[8] In December 1959, MMA commenced flying the Fokker F-27 Friendship to Geraldton, increasing passenger seats to 40 and halving the flight time to Perth to about one hour.

[9] Commencing 4 October 1971, MMA began flying 60-seat Fokker F-28 Fellowship jet aircraft to Geraldton, reducing the flight time from an hour to 45 minutes.

[11] In 1985, MMA (now known as Airlines of Western Australia, a subsidiary of Ansett) introduced 75-seat BAE-146 aircraft to the Geraldton-Perth route, complementing the existing F-28 services.

[13] In June 2004, Skywest Airlines introduced Fokker F100 100-seat aircraft onto the Geraldton-Perth route to complement their existing F50 services.

[12] Qantas conducted its inaugural QantasLink flight to Geraldton on B717 aircraft VH-NXQ, captained by Andrew Hardey on 11 January 2011.

Several high-profile passengers were on this flight including Western Australian state treasurer Troy Buswell and Geoffrey Thomas.

Regular Public Transport (RPT) QantasLink services commenced on 21 November 2011 with Dash 8-Q400 aircraft operated by Sunstate Airlines.

On 27 February 2016, the final Fokker F50 RPT flight flown by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines was VA2654 from Geraldton to Perth on aircraft VH-FNF which was still in the Skywest livery and was piloted by Captain Douglas Parry and First Officer Tori Perrow.

The city also stated that the expansion will enable development of direct interstate and international services for tourism and airfreight, and should give the private sector greater confidence to invest in Geraldton.

The expansion of Geraldton Airport commenced November 2018 and was completed in June 2019, with WBHO Infrastructure being awarded the construction contract.

[20] Funding for the project consisted of: The airport runway extensions were officially opened on Friday 6 September 2019 by Federal Member for Durack the Hon.

Melissa Price MP, City of Greater Geraldton Mayor Shane van Styn and Member for the Agricultural Region Hon.

[23] As of April 2023 Virgin Australia still provides regular charter flights between Geraldton and locations including Boolgeeda, Perth and Busselton.