A irport passenger terminal has a function as a transportation infrastructurefor taking out and dropping off the passengers, intra or inter displacementof transport, specifically an air transport. Adisutjipto Airport has animportant role as a gateway to transport home and abroad and as anidentity in the city of Yogyakarta tourism.Airport of Adisutjipto does not have enough capacity to support theexpanding demand, so it needs a new airport. Airports have to apply thevalue of cultural identity because of its function as an internationalgateway, so that the design approach is a metaphors approach.The New Airport of Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, which is thick with traditionalJavanese culture. The use of metaphor is implemented in metaphorcombination, which tangible metaphor is an element of cultural identityphilosophy of Java Yogyakarta withal metaphor intangible by implementedform of modern high technology elements that support the technologyneeds of the airport. The application of the metaphor is in the form ofappearance of the building facade inspired by Jatayu, the Javanesewayang bird in folklore Ramayana, which shaped inspired the flowdirection and circulation in the building, as well as the plan. The use ofsymmetry axis in Javanese traditional building also inspired the orientationof the plan and the appearance of the building form. Modern elementsapplied to the skylights, the use of materials, and the appearance of thefacade that exposes the structure.