[4][5] Originally the airport was a military airfield under the supervision of the Royal Thai Army.

In 2020, Roi Et airport received 110 million baht to raise its annual handling capacity to 750,000 passengers.

[7] Thereafter, Roi Et Airport commenced its expansion and renovation project, which was completed in December 2022.

As of 2024, there is one airline that provides service, Thai AirAsia which operates daily flights to Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.

Thai Smile did operate daily flights to Suvarnabhumi Airport from January 2022, but stopped in September 2022.