The airfield was constructed by the 43rd Engineer Regiment (US Army) in March 1942 with further improvements undertaken by the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion between 11 May 1942 and 16 July 1942 and later by the Allied Works Council and No 1 Airfield Construction Unit RAAF.

Renamed MacDonald Airfield in honour of Wing Commander Joshua Roger Gray McDonald of No.

[2] The Royal Australian Air Force occupied the base on 24 November 1942 when No.

The airfield became an Australian Army communication camp and was abandoned in 1945.

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