 The airport is the latest airport to be built in Equatorial Guinea and is the fifth international airport serving Equatorial Guinea, and is designed to connect the nation's geographically isolated areas such as Annobón and Corisco to the main population centers.The new airport took 72 months to complete and was fully funded by the Government of Equatorial Guinea, costing over 190 billion CFA francs.It is one of many recent government initiatives intended to promote economic and infrastructure development throughout the region.