The advent of the 707 also led to the upgrading of air traffic control systems to prevent interference with military jet operations.

The airport is available for commercial jet operations from August 2012.

It is home (as of 2005) to over 240 aircraft, and hosts 20-30 jet operations per day.

These were not long enough to support routine jet operations and because of the base's position on the Squantum peninsula they could not be lengthened.

The new runway will thus free up the longer southern runway to handle more heavy jet operations.

Pure jet operations began on 27 March 1962, the first by a British independent airline.

Scheduled passenger and cargo airline service accounts for approximately 17% and corporate jet operations account for 7%.

The military importance of the airport declined after World War II, since the runways were too short for typical jet operations.

It was Airkenya's jet operation providing scheduled services.

Pearce's long runway made it more suitable for jet operations than the airfield at Point Cook.