Construction
Located to the south of Skomabo Village and to the west of the Tami River, the drome was a 4,800' single runway (on March 21, 1944), begun by the Japanese, it reached servicable condition, but was not fully used prior to the liberation by US Army. There are no known Japanese operations from this strip.

Capture by Americans
Two Almo scout teams entered the area on D+2 (April 24, 1944) a sizable party of missionaries and Japanese prisoners was liberated at Goya nearby, and were questioned and evacuated. On April 27 1944, reinforcments of the G Company of the 162nd Infantry arrived to clear the area. Security was established for engineering units found it more or less complete (by Japanese not US standards).

American Improvement
They completed the construction of the airfield. On May 1st, enemy snipers became very active and additional US forces cleared the area with vigorous paroling. By May 3rd, a 3,800 foot runway was completed and ready for use with transport planes. The wreckage of at least one Japanese aircraft wreck was present at the strip [radio recovered].

American Useage
It was extended to 4000' and used extensively for cargo C-47 operation, at its hegith several hundered take offs and landings per day to bring in cargo to get the main airfield, Hollandia Aerodrome ready for use by Americans. Due to its swampy location further development was abandoned.

Today
This airstrip is abandoend, disused since the war.

References
Thanks to Richard Dunn for American usage information.