Runway Extension Of Rendani Manokwari Airport Projected To Be Completed In 2023

Large culverts have been installed in the river which is on the south side of the runway of Rendani Manokwari Airport for the purpose of extending the runway. (ANTARA/HO-Tri Adi Santoso)

MANOKWARI - Work on the runway extension at the Rendani Airport in the capital city of West Papua Province, Manokwari, is projected to be completed by the end of 2023.

"It should be completed in 2023. This year the work has started," said the Head of the Rendani Airport Management Unit (UPBU), Paryono, in Manokwari as reported by Antara, Monday, May 16.

According to him, to extend the runway of Rendani Airport, the first step is to build a large box culvert on the south side of the airport.

Hundreds of large culverts are lined up along the river that divides the south side of the runway of Rendani Airport to Manokwari Bay. The work is carried out in stages.

This year until 2023, he said, the work of filling the left and right sides of the runway will also be carried out, followed by asphalting the runway as the main project.

A multi-year contract budget permit for the extension of the runway at Rendani Airport has been issued. The work is entirely borne by the state budget.

Paryono said that the extension of the runway at Rendani Manokwari Airport was to improve flight security and safety, considering that the airport's runway is currently not too long to accommodate Boeing 737 800 series or Airbus A320 series aircraft.

The runway extension work is handled directly by the Ministry of Transportation with a record that the land is ready. Therefore, Paryono asked for support and cooperation from all relevant stakeholders so that the runway extension work for the Rendani Airport could be on a schedule so that it could be fully operated in 2024.

In order to extend the runway of Rendani Manokwari Airport, the West Papua Provincial Government together with the Manokwari Regency Government must acquire land on the south side of the airport.

The cost of land compensation for the extension of the runway of the Rendani Manokwari Airport in total reached IDR 79 billion.

The payment of land compensation is carried out in three stages, the first stage is IDR 24 billion, the second stage is IDR 19.9 billion and partly the third stage is IDR 18.81 billion, sourced from the Manokwari Regency APBD and West Papua Province APBD.