[3] It is located on the campus of Nakasongola Air Force Base, approximately 144 kilometres (89 mi), by air, directly north of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport.

[6] The airport has a single asphalt runway and taxiway that measure approximately 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) in length.

In 2014, after several years of disuse, the Ugandan government began a renovation of the airport which was projected to last six months and cost US$11 million (UGX:28 billion), following which the headquarters of the UPDF Air Force were to be relocated to Nakasongola to decongest Entebbe Air Force Base.

[7][8][9] However, in 2016 the construction of a radar system on the site was still incomplete and threatened by a land-use dispute.

The installation is a joint venture between National Enterprise Corporation and a Russian company called Pro Heli International Services Limited.