Known under the commercial name Plataforma Aeroportuaria-Teruel (PLATA), it was certified for public use by the Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA) on 5 February 2013, after being repurposed from an original military airbase.

[citation needed] The airport includes a main building with a control tower as well as a basic terminal, but is not equipped to handle passenger traffic.

Also on site are three main maintenance and part-removal hangars (the original one for Boeing 747s and the newest for Airbus A340s).

PLATA is owned by a consortium formed by the Government of Aragon and Teruel City Council, and does not belong to Aena Group, the Spanish airports management company.

Over the previous three years, testing had been conducted at the airport on a short-term contract basis.