In a rear area behind the Northern Alliance lines outside Kabul, for instance, an airstrip is being completed and expanded, some supplies are being ferried in by Soviet-designed helicopters, and a team recently arrived to help prepare the short runway for deliveries by cargo planes.
US Marines helped clear the Tacloban airport runway, allowing the delivery by air of aid to the city which became the relief center for the region.
So will Rent the Runway's same-day delivery service succeed in a world that is becoming an increasingly difficult place for on-demand services to survive?
"Canada is a phenomenally exciting country for online food delivery, with significant runway for growth and a clear opportunity to drive channel shift.
"The commission risks delaying that delivery of new runways and making better customer service less, not more, likely," Mr. Matthews said.
Those skinny jeans may be screaming for you, but don't think that you'll be runway-ready out of the delivery room.
To be clear, Rent the Runway has experimented with same-day delivery before, including a prior partnership with UberRUSH, as well as some deliveries done same-day in New York by their own couriers.
Plus, delivery at Rent the Runway will be done by third-party couriers, using the same delivery system of couriers that were already used for deliveries in New York City.
With the delivery of Fokker aircraft in 1930, the runway was again upgraded and extended.
