Domestic flights resumed in 1988, after an 30 year absence from the market.
About 800 people were affected by the loss of power, and most flights didn't resume until 3:00 pm.
That would give the panel time to finish its final report at least a month before flights resume, he said.
But if commercial flights resume within the next day or so, as some airlines hope, an evacuation would not be needed, he said.
Flights from the site resumed in the early 1930s.
But even more delicate than when the flights resume is how the Navy will conduct them.
However, flights did not resume until 3 July 2012.
Flights resumed for the third time in April 2006.
Commercial flights have resumed to Haiti but the recovery is ongoing and expected to take years.
Commercial flights have now resumed, but check-in procedures are slow.