Nottingham City Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P491) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Truman Aviation Limited).

[citation needed] Initially leased to National Flying Services Ltd who built a clubhouse and the first hangar in early 1930, the aerodrome was officially opened by Director of Civil Aviation Sir Sefton Brancker on 19 June 1930.

and acted as a relief landing ground for the Polish Training School based at RAF Newton for the Polish Air Force and, based in a large factory hangar built at the aerodrome in 1938, Field Aircraft Services Ltd carried out major overhauls, repairs, modifications on various RAF bomber and transport aircraft, particularly Avro Lancasters.

[3] Post-war, the airfield returned to civilian use including a short-lived period as a commercial airport, with Blue Line Airways and Trent Valley Aviation[4] operating from there from 1946 until 1948, when its aircraft passed on to British Eagle.

[6] In early 2024, plans were announced for the potential closure of Nottingham City Airport due to a proposed major new housing development by Vistry Homes Ltd (who acquired the land in 2021).