Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Guide
I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport sits on the narrow Tuban isthmus in Badung Regency, wedged between the Bali Strait and Jimbaran Bay. It is Bali's only airport handling scheduled commercial flights and Indonesia's second-busiest airport by passenger volume. The site opened as a small airfield in 1931 and began international commercial service in 1966; today it operates a single runway 3,000 metres long.
The airport is named after I Gusti Ngurah Rai, a Balinese resistance leader killed at the Battle of Margarana in November 1946. InJourney Airports, the state operator formed from the merger of Indonesia's two airport authorities, manages the facility on behalf of the Indonesian government, which retains ownership.
Garuda Indonesia and Batik Air use Ngurah Rai as a hub, and the airport handles wide-body aircraft including the Airbus A380 on some international services. In 2024 the airport recorded 23.9 million passengers and 142,172 aircraft movements, both increases on the prior year, driven mainly by international demand from Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 24M passengers (2024)1 runwayopened 1966
- Location
- -8.748, 115.167
- Operator
- InJourney Airports (PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia), on behalf of the Government of Indonesia
Terminals
2 terminalsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport has 2 passenger terminals — Domestic Terminal and International Terminal, handling both international and domestic flights for around 14 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Domestic TerminalDomestic
Garuda Indonesia, Citilink, Lion Air, Batik Air, Super Air Jet, Wings Air, NAM Air
- International TerminalInternational
Garuda Indonesia, AirAsia, Jetstar, Batik Air Malaysia, Singapore Airlines, Virgin Australia, Qantas, Emirates
Nearby cities
4 citiesDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport is closest to Kuta (5 km north), and also serves Denpasar, Sanur and other nearby areas. With 4 towns and cities within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Denpasar13 km northeast
- Kuta5 km north
- Sanur14 km northeast
- Ubud34 km north
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