Internationalairports of entry and departure where all formalities incident to Customs, Immigration, Health and similar procedures are carried out, and which are open to scheduled and nonscheduled flights.
Internationalairports of entry and departure at which the formalities incident to Customs, Immigration, Health and similar procedures are made available on a restricted basis, to flights with prior approval only.
Internationalairports specified in the flight plan to which a flight may proceed when it becomes inadvisable to land at the airport of intended landing.
Environment: The airport is located on reclaimed land, and is composed of coralline rubble fill emplaced on a fringing reef, with a rubble mound revetment.
The tide gauge is situated on the north side of a jetty that extends eastward onto the reef flat north near the southern end of the airport runway (Figs.
Because the runway thresholds are at the same elevation, it appears that the tsunami wave at the airport approached from the south.