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Postdate pregnancy is an indirect cause of maternal and infant mortality. Generally, it can occur around 7% of pregnancies. The number of deliveries in postdate pregnancy in Regional Public Hospital of Wonosari is 34%. The objective of the study is to describe the characteristics of intrapartum women with postdate pregnancy, delivery method, and fetal outcome at Regional Public Hospital of Wonosari in 2018. A quantitative descriptive research was use in this study. The sample was obtained by a total sampling technique as many as 601. The results of the study showed that the majority of intrapartum women with postdate pregnancy were at the age of 20-35 years (75.4%), multiparity (55.1%), and spontaneous delivery method (73.7%). Fetal outcome (86.5%), babies who were not asphyxia and weighed 2500-4000 grams as many as (92%). All of these characteristics often occurred in the gestational age range of 40+1 – 40+6 weeks (56.6%), range 41-41+6 weeks (40.6%), and > 42 weeks (2.8%). The success of induction was indicated by the high rate of spontaneous delivery (73.7%), no incidence of asphyxia at > 42 weeks gestation, and low macrosomia rates (2.7%) in post- term pregnancies in Regional Public Hospital of Wonosari in 2018. Good fetal outcome due to the right termination efforts can be one of the considerations in the preparation of Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) for the management of postdate pregnancies in Regional Public Hospital of Wonosari.