BSP replaced the grass airstrip with a sealed instrument runway in 2008.
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The east-west instrument runway ( 10-28 ) was extended from its original 5500 feet by the mid-1950s to 6863 feet and a few years later to 8000 feet.
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The primary instrument runway, built for the USAF Strategic Air Command base, at 13, 502 feet ( 4, 115 m ) is among the longest commercial runways in the United States and is still used for military training.
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It straddles the boundary between busiest in terms of flights . of marshland in 1928 and the Army Air Corps operated the facility during World War II . After the Port Authority took it over in 1948, an instrument runway, a terminal building, a control tower and an air cargo center were added.
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