The airfield was located near the railhead on the main railroad line to Chittagong.

[citation needed] It was used by the 1st Combat Cargo Group as a supply point and staging airfield for resupply airlift drops over Burma from May 1945 until June 1945.

[1] It was also used by the 128th Army Communications System Squadron as a radio relay station.

Other Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Curtiss C-46 Commando-equipped transport units used the airfield until it closed in September 1945.

[5] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency