This airport was operated as an airbase by the British during World War II,[1] who later it left unused and turned it into barren land, although the airstrip remains undamaged.
Post that ceremony, military uses this strip for minor training purposes rarely.
The Coast Guard of India tried to convert and use this airport, but this work was shelved for unknown reasons.
[3] There are also plans to convert this unused airstrip into a Drone port which is first of its kind in entire Nation and to convert it into a Drone training centre by Indian Military Forces.
[4][5] Now this airstrip has been taken by the government of India with plans to construct a new airport under the UDAN scheme which is also shelved due to infeasibility.