[3] It is used for general aviation and sees one airline, with flights twice each weekday and once on Saturdays and Sundays.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 2,769 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 3,471 in 2009 and 4,434 in 2010.

[2] In 2019 the airport had 11,916 aircraft operations, average 33 per day: 75% general aviation, 6% air taxi, 18% airline and <1% military.

This was in response to a Northwest pilot's strike that started on April 30, 1978, and the cancellation of Crystal Shamrock Airlines service on a route from Minneapolis, Fargo, Jamestown and Bismarck, North Dakota.

SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express, began their service in 2014 using Bombardier CRJ100/200 regional jets on flights to Denver.