The Airs compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at TSB Stadium.

A New Plymouth team played in the inaugural season of the Conference Basketball League (CBL) in 1981 and earned runners-up honours.

[3] The team became known as the New Plymouth Bears in 1992,[4] the same year they were crowned regular season winners for the first time.

[7] The following year, the Stormers were once again winners of the CBL Central Conference,[8] earning an 18–0 season record before going on to win the CBL championship with an 85–81 victory over the Kaikoura Whale Riders in the final led by point guard Willie Banks and import forward Link Abrams.

[18] In 2022, the Airs finished on top of the regular-season standings with a 12–6 record to be crowned minor premiers for just the second time in franchise history and first since 1992.