The runway opened on November 20, 2008, with a total construction cost of $1.1 billion.
The runway officially opened on Friday, August 31, 2012, a few days early.
The runway officially opened in December 2009 with the landing of nine aircraft.
The paved runways and the terminal building opened in 1939.
A new off-shore runway opened at the base on May 30, 2010.
"And anyway, by the time the runway opens, I will have persuaded him."
The new extended runway opened on August 12, 2007.
Two years later, terminal B went into service, and the second runway opened in 1974.
A second runway opened at the airport on 26 June 2012.
In July 1988, a new runway opened on the landfill area.