Twenty bombers were to be stationed on the island, and together with naval and coastal artillery defenses their purpose was to defend northern Gotland.

The runways and hangars were completed in 1939, and in the early summer of 1940 fighter planes from the J 9 division were temporarily moved to Bunge from Göta Wing (F 9).

[2] During the final years of World War II, tensions increased in the area around Gotland, with both German and Allied aircraft violating Swedish air space.

The Air Force also trained members of the Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization at the airfield until it was abandoned by the military in 1991.

Local airline Rauk Air previously operated scheduled services to Stockholm Bromma Airport and charter flights within Sweden and Europe.