62 Bandara Baru akan Dibangun di Seluruh Indonesia
Indonesian Govt Plan to Build 62 New Airports in Five Years
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Dalam lima tahun mendatang, Indonesia akan memiliki 62 bandar udara baru, sehingga jumlah bandara di seluruh Indonesia akan mencapai 299 bandara.
"Saat ini, terdapat 237 bandara yang ada di Indonesia. Dari jumlah itu, 26 di antaranya, masing-masing 13 bandara dikelola PT Angkasa Pura I dan PT Angkasa Pura II, sisanya dikelola UPT Ditjen Perhubungan Udara," kata Wakil Menteri Perhubungan, Bambang Susantono melalui pernyataan tertulisnya, Sabtu.
Menurut Bambang, bandara yang dikelola Ditjen Perhubungan Udara tidak sebesar dengan bandara yang terdapat di berbagai kota besar di Tanah Air.
Namun, lanjutnya, berbagai bandara itu sangat penting dalam hal aksesibilitas dan pembangunan bandara baru juga akan lebih banyak di wilayah Indonesia Timur.
Ia memaparkan, pembagian kawasan bandara di Jawa dan Sumatera adalah setiap radius 100 kilometer, Kalimantan dan Sulawesi setiap 60 kilometer, serta Maluku, Nusa Tenggara dan Papua setiap 30 kilometer.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Transportation Deputy Minister Bambang Susantono said Indonesia planned to build 62 new airports in the coming five years so that the number of airports in the country would increase to 299.
"There are now 237 airports in Indonesia. Of the number, 13 are managed by airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I, 13 by PT Angkasa Pura II and the remaining ones are operated by the UPT of the Directorate General of Air Transportation," the deputy minister noted in written statement here on Saturday.
The sizes of airports operated by the air transportation directorate general are not as large as airports found in various big cities in Indonesia, he explained.
But the presence of the smaller airports are important for accessibility in the regions. Many of the new airports will be developed in Indonesias eastern regions.
The distribution of airports in Java and Sumatra is one for each of a distance of 100 km, Kalimantan and Sulawesi 60 km and Maluku, Nusa Tanggara and Papua 30 km, he said.
