![]() It took a lot out of him,” said state Rep. ![]() “He was a workaholic and this was a major project. The runway that Okimoto worked tirelessly to help build is now used primarily by commercial wide-bodied jets and military aircraft. The runway reduced aircraft noise in urban areas, increased the airport’s capacity to 110 from 70 flights per hour, minimized the impact on indigenous bird populations and the surrounding natural environment, and incorporated tidal circulation in the runway’s marine pond, according to the website. Okimoto was the project engineer for the $89 million reef runway, which was the world’s first major runway built entirely offshore, according to the state government’s aviation website. Okimoto, who died one year after the project was completed in 1978, under House Bill 2218. ![]() Inouye International Airport would be renamed after “local boy … and workaholic” Frank T. ![]()
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