However, the airfield was never completed and abandoned when Allied troops attacked Japan's military and defense bases.

Meanwhile, Mokmer Airfield was completed and was now capable of supporting Japan's military aircraft, either single-engine or twin-engine.

With the most complex equipment of that time, they built many military facilities, including air services for troop mobility, logistic hub, and defense base.

These entrenched troops fought an excellent defense and the casualties at Biak were high - for the American Army, 435 KIA and 2,360 WIA.

Postwar, the airfield complex became a major reclamation site for all types of surplus Allied aircraft.

[citation needed] Boroku Airfield is located to the northwest of Mokmer, and is clearly visible on aerial photography.

After Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, commercial flights started to operate to and from Biak, using Boroku Airfield which had a 2,000 m runway.

Because of a letter from Nieuw Guinea's governor (number 38/a.2/1935,dated 17 September 1953), Boroku Airfield was closed.

[citation needed] With the advent of jet airliners such as the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, the airport went through another modernization to start accommodating them.

Sorido Airfield was closed to civilian traffic and is now used by the Indonesian Navy's Naval Aviation in Biak.

In 1993, Garuda flew four times a week to Honolulu and Los Angeles with their Boeing 747-200 Combi and McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 wide body jetliners.

In December 2017, two Tu-95 strategic bombers belonging to the Russian Air Force exercised at the Manuhua airbase, prompting RAAF Base Darwin in Australia to raise its alert level.

The terminal is equipped with numerous facilities including a mosque, public telephone boxes, Automated Teller Machines (ATM), restaurants, and souvenir shops.