The aerodrome used to be a military airstrip and according to the Japanese Aeronautical Information Service, is still operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

[1] The airstrip existence dates to 1935 when the Imperial Japanese Navy built one to serve a meteorological station.

[2] The airstrips facilities were damaged by US bombing of the island during World War II,[3] and was re-built with a single runway by the United States Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 9 in 1964.

[4] Until 1993, the airstrip was used and controlled by the United States Coast Guard to service the nearby LORAN-C station.

It is used by the Japan Meteorological Agency to service and staff their operations on the island.