10 Airports For Papua Community Connectivity

Since taking office as President of Indonesia, Jokowi has never once let go of his attention to the people of Papua. During his administration, various infrastructure developments were carried out in Indonesia's easternmost province.
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Currently entering its second period of government, the Jokowi government is accelerating various Infrastructure developments, including transportation infrastructure to improve connectivity in the Provinces of Papua and West Papua.


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Various infrastructures and transportation facilities in the land, sea and air transportation sector will be built in the two Provinces. The Ministry of Transportation will work on a lot of transportation infrastructure especially in the air transportation sector by building and developing 10 airports.
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The 10 airports are scattered each of 6 airports in Papua Province, namely Ewer Airport, Kepi Airport, Ilaga Airport, Oksibil Airport, Nabire Baru Airport and Mopah Airport.
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While 4 airports in West Papua Province are Rendani Manokwari Airport, Waisai Raja Ampat Airport, Wasior Baru Airport, and Baru Siboru Fak-Fak Airport.
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Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said he would prioritize the development of transportation infrastructure in the provinces of Papua and West Papua.
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"Considering air transportation is the main transportation from one place to another. "We discussed the details and provided a relatively large budget allocation, 33% of the air transportation development budget was in Papua," Budi said.
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Now in Papua, the government is intensively building various infrastructures on the most end of the island of Indonesia. Among them, the Trans Papua Road, bridges, airports and others.