Withdrawal of international status of Morovalli and Witabe airports

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The Ministry of Transportation has adopted Ministerial Decision No. 55 of 2025, signed by the Minister of Transportation on October 13, 2025 and published on November 28, 2025, to revoke the international status of the airport of the Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) and the airport of Witabe, in the central part of Hamahela, in the province of Maluku Norte.

When the new regulations take effect, theMinisterial Decision No. 38 issued on August 8, 2025 (stipulating that IMIP, Witaber and Sultan Syarief Haroen Setia Negara Airport in Pelalawan, Riau Province, are temporary limited international airports) is repealed.

Under the new order, onlySultan Syarief Haroen Setia Negara retains international statusand Bersujud Airport, Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan.Comprehensive international airports.. It was reported that IMIP airport was given international status in August in response to President Prabowo's call to expand the number of international airports, but due to theMultiple conditions not metThe operating license has not yet been issuedThe

On September 15, IMIP sent a letter to the Directorate General of Immigration stating thatReluctance to become an international airportThe reason is thatNo direct international flights are currently planned and no related basis exists.. The Ministry of Transportation then issued Decree No. 55 on Oct. 13, linking the IMIP with the Watabe AirportReverted to domestic flights only. Aviation observers believe that the new regulation clarifies the previous determination of the international status of the two airportsexpiredThe

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