 The airport used to be a military airbase owned by the TNI (Armed Forces of Indonesia) until 1966, when the airport was declared open to domestic commercial flights, while continuing to operate as an airbase for the Indonesian Army.The area is commonly known as Kalibanteng, hence it was commonly known as Kalibanteng Airbase.The new floating terminal of the airport was officially opened by Indonesian President Joko Widodo on 7 June 2018.