The airport is also used by Camp Okadama of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and by corporate and general aviation operators: an adjacent facility houses the air traffic control center for Hokkaido and the Tohoku region.

[5] In 1974, Toa ceased operations at Okadama and ANA established a new subsidiary, Air Nippon, to handle YS-11 flights at the airport.

In 1998, local residents agreed to an extension of the runway to 1,500 m in exchange for a cap of 44 daily takeoffs and landings.

[5] In July 2023, Sapporo City officially announced that it would extend the runway to 1,800 meters, with the understanding of local residents.

It takes 15 minutes on foot from the Airport Terminal to Sakaemachi Station on the Sapporo Municipal Subway Tōhō Line.