Jokowi Calls IKN VVIP Airport Completed By The End Of The Year: Wide Aircraft Can Down

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that the construction of VVIP Airport in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan, will be completed by the end of this year.

This was conveyed by Jokowi when inaugurating the groundbreaking of the Teras Forest by Plataran project at IKN, Wednesday, September 25.

"Later at the end of December everything (VVIP IKN Airport) will be completed at the terminal, the runway is really already at 3.000 meters long," said Jokowi.

Thus, said Jokowi, later large-bodied aircraft can land at IKN. "So, wide-body aircraft can get off at IKN," he said.

He also hopes that later there will be more traffic. Thus, the ecosystem in IKN will be more crowded.

"We hope that the more traffic to the capital city of Nusantara will provide a good crowded ecosystem to our beloved city," he said.

Previously, President Jokowi had made his first landing using the RJ85 presidential plane at IKN VVIP Airport, East Kalimantan, on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Jokowi said the landing went smoothly.

"Yesterday, we made the first landing after several attempts. Once it went down, yes, the runway was smooth, everything went smoothly," said Jokowi.

Jokowi admitted that before carrying out the inaugural landing at IKN, he had asked the Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi regarding airport readiness.

"Yesterday I asked the Minister of Transportation (Budi Karya) it is true that it is safe, it is true, it is safe. Okay, I landed in Nusantara Airport," he said.