The airport serves as the point of entry to the nearby Tangguh LNG Plant.

The Tangguh LNG plant in Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua, began production in 2009.

To cater to workers of the Tangguh LNG plant, the airport was reactivated and developed after years of lying dormant.

The development not only consist of paving the airport runway, but also defusing no fewer than 360 active bombs scattered in the airport area left by the Dutch in the midst of the Pacific War during World War II.

The defusing of the bombs, which was assisted by the Indonesian Army Combat Engineers, took place in 2002.