Minister Basuki Says IKN VVIP Airport Will Be Commercial

JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono said, VVIP Airport, the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) in East Kalimantan has the potential to become a commercial airport. "But of course later for commercial," Basuki said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, May 6.

Basuki said that his party is currently working on airport access to the 5B toll road, as well as national roads.

Later, the travel time from the core area of IKN to the airport if using a national road will take 20 minutes, while using toll access time to the airport is only 10 minutes. On the other hand, the Chairperson of the IKN Infrastructure Development Task Force of the Ministry of PUPR Danis Sumadilaga ensures that the 2,200 of the 3,000 meters runway (runway) of VVIP IKN airport is ready to be used ahead of the celebration of Indonesian Independence in August. "God willing, August it will be completed along 2,200 meters," he said.

In July, he said, the Ministry of PUPR would conduct a feasibility trial with the airport authority to assess physical readiness, as well as the instrumentation of the VVIP airport landing.

Previously, Basuki Hadimuljono said, the progress of the ceremonial field work at IKN has now reached 90 percent. The capacity is 8,000 people, but later the organizers of the ceremony are the State Secretariat and the Presidential Secretariat, he must consider the readiness of the implementation," he said while reviewing infrastructure in the Presidential Palace Area (KIP) at IKN, Monday.