Indonesia’s most populous province, West Java, is home to roughly 47 million people, almost twice the population of Australia. However, the province doesn’t have a big international airport, making air connectivity difficult, and folks should be globally competitive.
West Java’s largest metropolis, Bandung, has a world airport, but its presence is nearly negligible. Currently, people living in the realm travel to Jakarta to succeed in abroad and plenty of destinations throughout the archipelago. (Jakarta airport is geographically positioned in Banten Province, near the border of the capital).
This will change soon. West Java is constructing a big latest international airport that would potentially take over traffic from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Kertajati International Airport is currently under construction in Majalengka Regency, somewhere between Bandung and Cirebon in West Java. The airport project, which will also be accessed by Jakarta residents, officially began in 2013, and the federal government expects the brand new airport to officially open in June next yr.
This US$750.18 million airport was built to facilitate aircraft and passenger relief on the country’s major gateway, Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Cengkareng, Tangerang, Banten, and in addition replace Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung, West Java as industrial facility airport of the region. Currently, two runways with a width of three,500 x 60 m and three,000 x 60 m are being built, which can accommodate a Boeing 747 or a Boeing 777.
The aviation part will consist of two runways and roughly 230,000 m2 an apron that may accommodate as much as two Boeing 777s, 10 Boeing 737-900 ERs and 12 Boeing 737-400s. A taxiway, runway and other auxiliary facilities can be built.
According to reports, Kertajati Airport can be the gateway to West Java for flights from Asia and Africa, while Soekarno-Hatta International Airport will serve a bigger global flight network.
According to Indonesia’s transport minister, a soft launch could still be carried out in January or February next yr, followed by a trial operation.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian government has also set a goal for the country to have 299 airports in the following 15 years. This means it needs to start out constructing 62 latest airports to hurry up the sport from its current total of 237 airports. New airports can be built, amongst others: on the Anambas Islands, in Riau Province, on the island of Miangas – North Sulawesi, bordering the Philippines – Maluku and Papua.
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Source and reference:
Global Indonesian Voice: West Java’s economic ambitions are up within the air, published on January 28, 2016.
The Jakarta Post: Kertajati Airport Grand Launch Scheduled for Mid Next Year, published on February 24, 2017.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation: Kertajati Airport, the latest airport in West Java published on January 13, 2016.
