 It is the easternmost airport in Indonesia, the largest airport in Papua and the main hub to outside the island of Papua, Since 14 October 2019 the management of the airport is taken over by PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero).Sentani Airport was a part of the large American facilities at Hollandia (now Jayapura), which was seized from the Japanese during World War II by an American amphibious task force Code named Operation Reckless on 22 April 1944.The area was occupied by the Japanese in April 1942, and by 10 October 1943, the Japanese had built a large complex with two runways