However, the airport do not serve as a home base to any combat squadron of the Indonesian Air Force.

After the Independence of Indonesia, the airport continues to serve as a military airbase, this time for the Indonesian Air Force.

The airbase was first used officially for commercial flights on 23 April 1974 served by Garuda Indonesia on the Jakarta-Solo & Solo-Jakarta route with a frequency of 3-times a week.

On 2016, Lion Air makes Adisumarmo International Airport as one of its hub in its flight connectivity.

It aims to develop service routes from Central Java, especially from Solo to various cities both in the country and abroad.

There are 5 domestic flight routes that opened from and to Solo, among others, from and to Banjarmasin, Lombok, Palangkaraya, Makassar, and Pontianak.

[citation needed] As of May 2024, the airport does not serve international routes to Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia due to decision of Ministry of Transportation (except for Hajj & Umrah flights).

Meanwhile, segment 2, starting from Solo Baru Station to Adi Sumarmo Airport along the 10 km to be built new railway line.

The presence of the airport train is one of the government's efforts to realize the integration between public transport modes and meet the needs of community mobilization, and to create safe, secure, convenient and timely transportation facilities.