[4] Vayudoot operated flights to Mumbai for a short while before discontinuing due to runway repairs, shortage of aircraft capacity and paucity of resources.

[5] The airstrip was transferred to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation(MIDC) for upgradation, expansion and maintenance in 1997.

[8] CGAS Ratnagiri was commissioned on 26 March 2011[9] as the first full-fledged Coast Guard air station in the state of Maharashtra.

The Air station will play a crucial role in maritime surveillance and search & rescue operations.

Commercial air services are scheduled to begin by 2022[11] under the Regional Connectivity Scheme of Airports Authority of India (AAI), after lengthening of current runway from 1300 m to 1800 m.[12]