On 8th October 2017, the Yonphula Domestic Airport Runway was inaugurated by His Excellency Dasho Tshering Tobgay, the Prime Minister of Bhutan and Ms. Kanokpan Lao-Araya, Country Director, Bhutan Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the 18the day of the 8th Month of the Bhutanese Fire Female Bird Year.