The airfield is mainly used for flight training, general aviation activity, gliding and skydiving operations.

The Sde Teyman strip was built during early WW2, for the use of the RAF to aid in the western desert campaign.

As of 1958, Arkia started to have direct flights between Be'er Sheva and Eilat using DC3 planes.

[1] The airfield was not well suited for commercial planes and due to dust and poor construction Arkia stopped the flights in 1960.

[4] In 2023 the military base was partially converted into the Sde Teiman detention camp.