 Known as RAAF Base West Sale and RAAF Station West Sale, the aerodrome was home to No.3 Bombing and Gunnery School and Air Gunnery School until December 1945, when the aerodrome was handed back to its owners.From 1991 to 2016 there were 11 Grumman S-2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft formerly of the Royal Australian Navy stored at the airport.