In March 1917, approval was given for the purchase of 22 hectares (54 acres) at the site and budget for construction of airfield facilities was reserved.

However, shortly after their landing, thunderclouds appeared, and Hammelev, who had an important meeting in Copenhagen, took off to fly back to Kløvermarken together with a mechanic, to avoid the bad weather.

Air shows and aerobatics were organized on the site and planes took off from the airfield to drop flyers, display advertising banners and to distribute newspapers.

With the start of World War II (1939–1945) and the resulting fuel rationing, whereby most civilian activity at the airfield was discontinued.

In November 1944, Holger Danske of the Danish resistance movement attacked the airfield with 30 people.

The arrested member was sent to a concentration camp, but survived the war and returned to Denmark.