An additional runway with a length of will be constructed to the south of the new terminal.
The local government has agreed to build an additional runway for test flights.
A planned additional runway will not be ready before 2003 at the earliest.
Nationally, there are currently plans for about 15 additional runways, most of them years away from completion.
An additional runway is also planned to cater increasing air traffic.
La Guardia can never hope to expand capacity to meet demand because there is not enough room for additional runways, officials say.
It could, without an additional runway, cope with up to 12 million passengers a year if new terminal buildings were provided.
Jim Edgar gave us his promise there would be no additional runways.
The Army also built four additional runways at Moody during 1943 for a total of eight.
Terminal 3 also comes with an additional runway.