It is spread over an area of 200 acres (81 ha) while the runway is 1,650 meters long, capable of handling ATR 72 type of aircraft.

[3][4] The airport was built in the late 1960s to handle private flights for operations of the Steel Authority of India Limited.

In the mid-2010s, the former Chief Minister Raghubar Das drafted a plan to develop this airport to handle scheduled commercial flights.

[5] The development work included resurfacing and strengthening of the existing runway, apron, taxiways, including grading of the operational area, along with the provision of expendable low-cost terminal building, installation of Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower, ESS building, watch tower, PAPI, night landing facilities on the runway and other ancillary works which are now almost completed.

[6] In June 2023, Alliance Air and FlyBig was selected to operate flights from Bokaro to Kolkata and Patna, under the Government's Regional Connectivity Scheme called UDAN.