The airport was built as Skövde's replacement for the failed project for a joint airfield, Skarlanda, for Skaraborg County near Axvall outside Skara.

The runways were built by Skanska and Skövde Airport AB had a usage agreement of 25 years.

Previously, the airline Swedair, Flying Enterprise between 1994 and 1999[2] and Skyways Regional operated from Stockholm Arlanda Airport to Skövde.

[3] X 2000 was inaugurated in 1990, one year after the airport, and since 1995 (when the Grödinge line was opened) takes two hours to Stockholm.

At 13 years old, Skövde Airport has the shortest time in Sweden from new construction to the closure of scheduled flights.