The airport is currently home to the Republic of China Air Force 6th Tactical Mixed Wing,[1] and formerly offered commercial flights.

[2] Originally, the base was used for "air policing", that is, the use of airplanes to govern indigenous peoples living in hard-to-reach areas.

[5] After Japan's defeat in the Pacific War in 1945, the base came into the control of the Republic of China Air Force.

Between 1936 and 1942, Japan Air Transport and later Imperial Japanese Airways operated commercial flights to Taihoku Airfield (now Songshan Airport in Taipei).

[7] Originally, TransAsia Airways operated flights out of the airport until Uni Air took over in 2007.