On April 30, 1944, the Breda factory and the airfield were heavily bombed by 53 American Boeing B-17.

At the end of World War II the airport was mostly used as a military flying training camp and to field fighter aircraft as part of the defence system of the city.

Since then the airport mostly serves as a general aviation airfield for flying club activity, touristic flights and air taxi.

[3] It also hosts a base of the state helicopter emergency service Elisoccorso.

[4] On June 3, 2012, on the occasion of the seventh World Meeting of Families promoted by the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a mass on the tarmac in front of a million of pilgrims.