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Rural poverty still become a major problem in Indonesia"s recent regional development. In southern coastal region of Java, the rural poverty has been influenced by disparities problem as the lack of infrastructure and services in the area. This article aims to comprehen the characteristic of rural poverty in Kokap, as one of area of The future New Yogyakarta International Airport Strategic Area. The new airport development is expected to change the place and its surrounding areas, including Kokap as the buffer area. The research method used is the analysis of the characteristics of poverty with descriptive statistical methods. In this context comprehension on the poverty in the areas will be benefited in managing future development so as to avoid the poors down into poverty traps caused by the changes.