Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site na 1968 ruo 1971, e wusawanyere ma mee ka ọdụ ụgbọelu ahụ dị ọhụrụ. E meghere ya na 25 Septemba 1971 na asphalt runway (2500 m × 45 m), nnukwu apron (450 m × 70 m), gbasaa taxiways, na ọdụ ụgbọ njem ọhụụ na ụlọ elu. Mgbe ndị
Mgbe ala ọma jijiji nke 1979 gasịrị, a rụzigharịrị ọdụ ụgbọ elu ahụ ọzọ. Karịsịa, a gbasawanyere ebe a na-agagharị agagharị (460 m × 91.5 m) ma gbasaa taxiways, nke mere na ọdụ ụgbọ elu nwere ike ijikwa ụgbọ elu buru ibu.