Two National Airlines, Merpati Nusantara Airlines and Sky Aviation are ready to serve flight to and fro Bawean airport, in 2013. They have met the authority to discuss about this proposal.
Transportation authority targets this airport will be operated in 2013. Bawean airport has 1200 meters long runway and is adequate to be landed by cassa and cesna with 50 passengers capacity.
Baweanese is predicted to used flight to and fro Bawean as wave condition is unpredictable. Baweanese mostly work as labour (TKI) to Singapore and Malaysia, and this new airport will favor the labor growth.
Currently, the construction project in Bawean is on last stage to complete the 800 meters runway to 1200 meters.