JAKARTA - Angkasa Pura Airports will launch the groundbreaking development of the first phase Syamsudin Noor Airport on 25 September 2014 with funds of around 900 billion IDR. Airport development in Banjarbaru South Kalimantan was estimated to take 1.5 years. "We will start at the airport Banjarbaru groundbreaking for the first phase with a budget of 900 billion IDR, but it is limited to what we need at this time, the fund may still be added. We will build with funds from internal sources," said Angkasa Pura Airports Company Secretary Farid Indra Nugraha.
Airport development in the Banjarbaru District is comprised of two stages, first the making of a new building next to the existing building Syamsudin Noor Airport. And, the second phase, the existing airport building will be demolished and then merged with the new airport building. With the construction of the second phase, the passenger terminal will expand from 9,043 square meters (m2) to 90,000 m2 and for the apron 80,412 m2 to 125 412 m2 which will be able to accommodate 20 aircraft. In addition, the construction of the second phase of the plan also includes the 3,000-meter runway extension and parallel taxiway.
Currently, he added, the access road to the airport and land for the construction of a new building has been prepared by the provincial government Farid revealed Syamsudin Noor Airport will be developed to become as same class as Mutiara Airport (Palu, Central Sulawesi). Development of the airport is an entrance to Kalimantan Province; it aims to increase the capacity of the airport.
The number of visitors is often overcrowded airports in the holiday or going home season. In 2012, Syamsudin Noor able to accommodate 800 thousand passengers per year and increase to 3.6 million passengers per year by 2014, "Having built a new building, increased capacity of 5 million passengers, making a total capacity of 9 million passengers per year." he said.
Development Syamsudin Noor Airport is supposed to be implemented since 2012, but due to various constraints such as public land acquisition, new construction could begin in September 2014. Decision of the implementation of the development, after the government of South Kalimantan choose to take legal action to resolve the land acquisition community with the rest of the system consignment, namely the release of funds entrusted to the courts. [Pardika Dewi RS / Source: Investor Daily]
