The airport reopened on 23 February 2017 with limited runway capacity of 1,000 meters.

[2][3] The work began on the runway's rehabilitation on August 7, 2019, with completion target of November 2019 for the repair of the first 1,400 meters with the remaining 300 meters repaired by February 2020.

[4][5][6][7] The newly renovated and expanded Sayak Airport on Siargao Island has received the bulk of tourism flights since the 2017 earthquake, significantly reducing air traffic to and from this Mindanao mainland airport.

Surigao Airport has one runway that is designated 18/36 and measures 1,700 metres (5,600 ft).

The airport was formerly served by Asian Spirit until 2008,[8] and PAL Express until 2018.