Presently, Dornier 228 aircraft and HAL Chetak helicopters of the navy and the Indian Coast Guard land at Shibpur once in a week, on their transit for surveillance of North Andaman Islands.

In addition, the Indian Air Force operates its Dornier aircraft between Port Blair and Diglipur every Thursday for courier duties.

In 2009, the government of India accorded sanction to commission NAS Shibpur as a full-fledged air station.

[9] Dornier 228s of the navy and coast guard conducted search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 from this base.

[citation needed] In 2017, it was reported that the runway length would be extended to 3000m after acquisition of about 100 hectares of land.