The small central Otago town of Alexandra redeveloped this airstrip in the 1960s from a paddock to a paved runway and small terminal building. This was done to allow SPANZ to fly commercial DC3 services. The terminal is still there with it’s small tower mounted above the roofline. However passenger services have long gone. The last was in the early 1990s when portable landing lights were installed to allow evening flights by Mt Cook Airline with passengers bused through to Wanaka and Queenstown, as these commercial airports do not have night flight capabilities due to mountainous terrain. Other airlines that have served are Pacifica Air flying the Metro III and Tranz Air flying the Piper Navajo. It is still use by the RNZAF and the occasional charter flight, while also used during the bi-annual Warbirds Over Wanaka as an overflow airport.