The first runway was built in the last half of the 1930s.

As it turned out, the proposed runway was never built.

The current runway and terminal were built in the 1960s.

There are some thoughts and studies if a runway should be built to the island.

The runway had been built, with the same dimensions that it has today.

A new runway, 31/13, was surveyed the following month and built in March 1946.

But the width of a standard runway built for 747's is 150 feet.

By 1992 when a second runway was built 12.3 million passengers were using the airport.

"We're unable to get any runway built in eight years."

The airport originally started out as a runway built by Japanese forces in 1939-1942.