JAKARTA - Ngloram Airport in Blora Regency, Central Java, which is currently under development, will be named the 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur).
"The proposal for naming Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur Airport was conveyed by the Regent of Blora Arief Rokhman, I agree," said Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo when checking the handling of COVID-19 in Blora Regency, Thursday.
Regarding the naming of the airport in Blora Regency, Ganjar fully supports the proposal from the host and reveals that the land acquisition carried out by the provincial government has also been completed.
"From the provincial government, everything is done, we just have to wait for the official report on the preparation of the grant. So we who released the grant have finished all of our financing and we continue to give it. Now, the draft is already there, I just need to sign it," he said.
On the other hand, Ganjar is also grateful that the Regent of Blora has moved quickly so that there are already two airlines that will operate at Ngloram Airport.
"We are preparing it so that we can immediately test it for operations like the one in Purbalingga and the Regent has also taken the initiative to cooperate with several Bojonegoro, Tuban, Rembang regencies, to talk about financing schemes, including 'managing' the details. Mr. Regent even prepare to be more operational again, hopefully, this can be run soon," he said.
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The progress of the construction of Ngloram Airport, said Ganjar, currently has reached 85 percent for the terminal, while the access has just begun.
Nevertheless, access to Ngloram Airport is advantageous because it is close to the train station.
"If the construction of the terminal is 85 percent complete, the access road will only start, but we are lucky because there is a station behind it so that later it will be connected to the train," he said.
The development of Ngloram Airport is targeted for completion in 2021 so it is hoped that it will open up accessibility for the local area and its surroundings and boost the economy.
Ngloram Airport, which has been inactive for 34 years and is an asset of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, was later transferred to the Ministry of Transportation in 2018 to become a public airport with a runway of 1,500 meters and a width of 30 meters.
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