Although listed as a civil airport, it appears to function as a reserve Libyan Air Force airfield.

It comprises a long runway with a parallel taxiway and a parking ramp.

During World War II the airfield, then known as Darragh Airfield was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force 57th Fighter Group during the North African Campaign against Axis forces.

The 57th flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield between 19 January-3 March 1943 before moving forward with the British Eighth Army.

[3] The current airfield appears to be overlaid on its World War II predecessor facility.