The airstrip is a critical facility enabling a quick inflow of men and material from the Indian interior to Siachen, a glacier, helipad and battleground near the Actual Ground Position Line between India and Pakistan.

Special background clearance and multiple stringent skill tests must be passed by the pilots in order to be able to operate to Thoise.

On 30 April 2019, Group Captain Sandeep Singh Chhabra of the Indian Air Force achieved the rare distinction of having completed 1,000 incident-free landings of the Russian-origin heavy lift IL-76 aircraft at Leh and Thoise.

[6] Due to the extreme conditions and lack of connectivity with the outside world, IAF aircraft have been instrumental in the resupply of this remote region.

[8] They have also airlifted large quantities of relief material during disaster management in cases of natural calamities, and have undertaken overseas missions.