The first training school of the Romanian military aviation was established in 1912 in Cotroceni, under the command of Major Ion Macri.

[1][2] The same year, a second school which allowed military pilots to be trained was established by Prince George Valentin Bibescu in Băneasa.

[1] Due to the need of training aircraft at the School from Tecuci, a number of 120 Hansa-Brandenburg C.I were built at the Aeronautical Arsenal between 1922 and 1923.

[1] During World War II, the airfield was used by the Royal Romanian Air Force to launch bombing raids into Bessarabia.

[7][8] After the war, the schools were disbanded, but from 1948 the military aviation education began to be reorganized in Sibiu, Mediaș, and Tecuci.

In 2007, the runway infrastructure was modernized, and a flight simulator for the IAR 99 Șoim was put into service.

[1] In 2010, with the 100th anniversary of Aurel Vlaicu's flight, the base was decorated with the Order of Aeronautical Virtue Officer Class.