Located on Naval Base Guam, Orote Field was largely abandoned after World War II except for occasional training exercises.

One major event in 1975 was Operation New Life, when a tent city for tens of thousands of South Vietnamese refugees was erected at the field.

[2]: 345 During the Japanese occupation of Guam, villages were required to supply levies for able-bodied men to work on airfields and other defense projects.

American troops established their beachhead on either side of the Orote Peninsula on July 21 in order to seize the airfield and the adjacent deep water Apra Harbor.

It still sees some use as a touch-and-go training strip used by C-130 Hercules crews located nearby at Andersen Air Force Base.