The airbase was initially run by RAF Maintenance Command and civilians from the Ministry of Aircraft Production also worked at the airfield.

[2] From 1942 the airfield was also used by the United States Army 8th Air Force's 309 Fighter Squadron, which flew British Supermarine Spitfires with USAAF markings.

If pilots were unable to land at their main base they could divert to High Ercall.

[5] In 1946, a Handley Page Halifax bomber at High Ercall was purchased by Australian pilot Geoff Wikner who used the plane to fly home.

The majority of the runways have been removed leaving only small tracks however nine hangars still are present spread out over the site and near a local village.