In contrast to the 2011 reference design for the airport it would now have a full runway end safety area (RESA) at the southern end of the runway instead of the planned engineered materials arresting system (EMAS). The intention was to add an EMAS designed for Boeing 737-800 later butting onto the southern end of the paved runway to increase the declarable landing distance available (LDA) to , to allow the operation of larger aircraft such as the Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A320.