Administered by British Forces Gibraltar, the station is a joint civil-military facility that also functions as the Rock's civilian airport – Gibraltar Airport, with the civilian airport's passenger terminal building and apron facilities located on the north side of the runway while the apron and hangar of RAF Gibraltar are located on the south side of the runway.

[2] A Royal Naval Air Service seaplane base was opened at Gibraltar during the First World War.

[3] The airport was constructed during World War II when Gibraltar was an important naval base for the British.

Originally opened in 1939, it was only an emergency airfield for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

[5] The Group's function was the control of Royal Air Force units operating from Gibraltar.

[7] On 4 February 2011, the new RAF headquarters in Gibraltar was officially opened by The Chief of Joint Operations, Air Marshal Sir Stuart Peach.

[18] In 2016 a major runway resurfacing project was completed ensuring both military and civilian flights could continue.