[2] The military air base has a civil enclave, that operates as Dabolim Airport.

INS Hansa was commissioned on 5 September 1961 at Sulur near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

The Indian Navy also carries out long range maritime patrols as far as the Horn of Africa from Dabolim.

The team comprises three Kiran aircraft which carry out aerobatic displays at various locations in the country.

The Indian Navy's Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF), which is a mock-up of the 283-metre (928 ft) INS Vikramaditya deck built on the airfield at Hansa is used to train and certify navy pilots of the Mikoyan MiG-29K for operating from the aircraft carrier, and for the developmental trials of the naval HAL Tejas.