After its occupation of Sinai, Israel rebuilt the airport and its corridors, and the Israeli Air Force used it for purposes of securing the southern front and as an air base to target the Egypt's depth during the period from 1968 to 1973 when the Egyptian Air Force targeted airports that Israel used in the Sinai front (Bir Thamada Al-Maliz / Bir Al-Jafjafa, Ras Nasrani) on October 6, 1973 in addition to the Israeli command and control center in Umm Murjam during the operation Badr and the strike succeeded to remove the airport from service for a long period during the war.