[1] The airport is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north-west of the central business district of Gulu, the largest metropolitan area in the Northern Region.

It is also one of the five upcountry airports authorized to handle cross-border air traffic between Uganda and neighboring countries, in an effort to promote tourism within Eastern Africa.

To perform its duties in the Northern Region, the company based two aircraft out of Gulu with daily low-level (80 meters above ground level) flights up to the Sudanese border.

[1] In 2019, Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda, indicated that Gulu Airport was going to be upgraded to international standards, including construction of a new, larger cargo terminal building, improving firefighting capacity and installing floodlights for the runway.

The complete renovation will cost an estimated US$59 million and involves the construction of a larger passenger terminal building, a new car park, access roads, and cargo operations facilities.

Other planned improvements include the addition of runway lights, infrastructure for fire and rescue services, and air navigation and traffic control systems.