Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna 1968 kusvika muna 1971, nhandare yendege yakawedzerwa uye yakagadziridzwa. It rakavhurwa musi wa25 September 1971 ane asphalt runway (2500 m × 45 m), yakakura apron (450 m × 70 m), akawedzera taxiways, uye zvachose itsva mutakurwi chiteshi uye kudzora shongwe. Pashure pokudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1979
, nhandare yendege yakagadziridzwazve. Kunyanya, apron yakawedzerwa (460 m × 91.5 m) uye taxiways yakawedzerwa, kuitira kuti nhandare yendege ikwanise kubata ndege dzakakura.