It is situated near to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

In 1941, during the Second World War, the British government built a landing strip at Kurmitola, several kilometres north of Tejgaon, as a spare landing strip for the Tejgaon Airport, which at the time was a military airport, to operate warplanes towards the war fields of Kohima (then in Assam) and Burmese war theatres.

In 1981, the landing strip was converted into an international airport.

[3] On 10 December 2014, a jet trainer named Hongdu JL-8 was included to the airbase.

[4] On 4 December 2016, it was granted national standard by the third Hasina ministry.