<P> In order to build the structure that currently houses the current passenger terminal, a lot of land had to be moved and the bed of the Tocumen river had to be diverted from its original site . The current passenger terminal was inaugurated on August 15, 1978 and operations began on September 5 of the same year . The Tocumen International Airport is one of the few airports in the region that has two landing runways able to serve the largest commercial aircraft operating today . </P> <P> The name of the airport was changed in 1981 by the military government for Omar Torrijos International Airport, in honor to the Panamanian leader who died in July 31, 1981, at the age of 52 in a plane crash in Cerro Marta, Coclesito in very bad conditions . After nine years, the original name was reestablished after the fall of the dictatorship of Panama by the U.S. invasion of 1989 . The original runway (03L / 21R) is mainly used for cargo and private flights, but also as a supplement to the primary runway during peak traffic periods . The main runway (03R / 21L) is 3,050 m × 45 m (10,007 ft × 148 ft) and is used primarily for commercial flights, the 03R direction is ILS Cat . I enabled . Until May 31, 2003 Tocumen International Airport was managed by the Civil Aeronautics Directorate (which is known today as the Civil Aeronautics Authority). On June 1 of that year, an innovative terminal management platform was created through Law No. 23 of January 29, 2003, which set out a regulatory framework for the management of airports and landing strips in Panama . This law allowed the creation of Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen, S.A., also referred to as Tocumen, S.A., which currently manages the terminal . This law is one of a number of laws that restructured the aeronautical sector in Panama to further its improvement and modernization . </P> <P> In August 2015, it was announced that Emirates would operate flights to Tocumen International Airport from Dubai starting February 2016, at which point it would have become the world's longest non-stop flight . In January 2016, the route was delayed due to a lack of economical opportunities for the flight . It has not yet been announced when the flight will begin regularly scheduled operations . It was planned to make the route between Tocumen International Airport and Dubai the longest flight in the world, until Emirates started flying between Dubai and Auckland . </P> <P> During 2016 to 2017, Tocumen International Airport will undergo the completion of the airport's new South Terminal . </P>

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