The aerodrome was built during the World War I to serve needs of the Austro-Hungarian Army.

Later, the army set up a pilot training center next to the airfield.

During World War II Germans built a large aircraft factory (Eger Flugzeugwerke GmbH) next to the airfield.

American bombing at the end of war destroyed the aerodrome and the factory, with one of the military airfield's circular concrete dispersal areas at its periphery being the "final resting place" for the He 177 V101 four-engined prototype heavy bomber, apparently wrecked there at the war's close.

[3] The airfield was reopened 19 August 2010 as public domestic aerodrome and operational availability is VFR DAY.