The airfield was planed by The City of Wolverhampton Council in 1933 at the recommendation of Sir Alan Cobham, and was built on 178 acres of land in the Barnhurst area that had previously used for sewage disposal.
During the opening ceremony on the 27th of June 1938, events included balloon bursting competitions and was attended by Amy Johnson who entertained the crowds with an aerobatic routine in a glider.
In April, 1940, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II visited Pendeford where they saw an aerobatic display by a Defiant over the airfield before touring the local Booulton Paul factory.
[5][6] In June 1950, the airfield hosted the prestigious Kings Cup air race, The winner was Edward Day in his Miles M.14 Hawk Trainer 3 registration G-AKRV.
On 16 May 1953 the airport saw the Wolverhampton Airshow, which saw flyovers of multipul Royal Air Force aircraft including a English Electric Canberra regisered WH649,a Fairey Gannet registered VR557 and two Supermarine Seafires.
On 9 April 1970 a Hawker Siddeley HS 104 Dove, Registration G-AVHV belonging to McAlpine Aviation crashed on landing at Pendeford Airfield.
Miller and Trainee co-pilot R.J. Davall, The flight departed Luton at 08:00 going to Pendeford to pick up two members of management of Dowty Rotol Ltd (The owners of the aircraft) where they would then be flown to France.