It is the main airport serving the city of Jamshedpur and adjoining regions.

After efforts taken by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of Jharkhand and Tata Steel, The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted licence to the airport for public use on 25 January 2023.

Scheduled flights were supposed to begin in 2018 under the government's UDAN Scheme, however, this did not take place.

[7][8] After efforts from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of Jharkhand and Tata Steel, the airport has been reopened on 31 January 2023, with flight services provided by the new low-cost regional airline, IndiaOne Air, to Kolkata and Bhubaneswar.

[10] The entire cost for construction of airport will be ₹300 crores which will be completed in two phases.