Aviation use seems to have been low-key, with little justification for what was quite a major construction - the £18,500 contract having been awarded to Gailey & Roberts Limited.

[3] All international traffic continued to use the existing airport at Entebbe as Port of entry – ironically, at the request of the Governor's office:[4] although Kololo was designated a “Customs Aerodrome”, from 1 November 1937.

[5] Wilson Airways based a de Havilland Dragonfly (VP-KCA) at the airstrip for official and private charter within Uganda.

During the late 1940s to early 1950s Wampewo Avenue and the residential development of Nyonyi Gardens were laid out across the eastern end of the strip, shortening the remaining runway length to approximately 800 yards (730 m).

In 2012 the Ministry of Defence begun major construction works that included the erection of a public pavilion to be used during events.

Below the pavilion are offices that are today used by the Ministry of Defence and the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA).

Possibly the last use of the airstrip by fixed-wing aircraft was in the mid-1970s by members of the Safari Rally Committee who obtained special consent to operate from the site with a Cessna 310.