Ngurah Rai International Airport

I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport

Bandar Udara Internasional I Gusti Ngurah Rai
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerInJourney
OperatorAngkasa Pura I
ServesDenpasar
LocationTuban, Kuta District, Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia
Opened1931; 93 years ago (1931)
Hub for
Operating base for
Time zoneWITA (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL4 m / 14 ft
Coordinates08°44′53″S 115°10′03″E / 8.74806°S 115.16750°E / -8.74806; 115.16750
Websitewww.bali-airport.com
Map
DPS/WADD is located in Badung Regency
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DPS/WADD
Location in Badung Regency
DPS/WADD is located in Bali
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DPS/WADD
Location in Bali
DPS/WADD is located in Indonesia
DPS/WADD
DPS/WADD
Location in Indonesia
DPS/WADD is located in Southeast Asia
DPS/WADD
DPS/WADD
DPS/WADD (Southeast Asia)
DPS/WADD is located in Asia
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DPS/WADD
DPS/WADD (Asia)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers23,779,178 (Increase 13.0%)
Aircraft movements162,623 (Increase 11.1%)

I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (IATA: DPS, ICAO: WADD), also known as Denpasar International Airport, is the main international airport of Bali, Indonesia. Located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Downtown Denpasar, it serves the Denpasar metropolitan area and the whole island of Bali. Ngurah Rai is the second busiest airport in Indonesia after Soekarno-Hatta. Ngurah Rai is one of the most popular island destinations hubs in Asia. In 2018, the airport served 23,779,178 passengers.[1] The new upgrades of Ngurah Rai have increased the popularity of Bali and made it one of the best airports in Asia and more known worldwide. The airport has category IX and is capable of serving wide-body aircraft including the Boeing 747-8 and Airbus A380.[2]

Airport Council International awarded Ngurah Rai International Airport as the world's third best airport (with 15-25 million passengers each year) in 2016 based on their services.[3]

The airport is named after I Gusti Ngurah Rai, a Balinese hero who died on 20 November 1946 in a puputan (fight to the death) against the Dutch at Marga in Tabanan, where the Dutch defeated his company with air support, killing Ngurah Rai and 95 others during the Indonesian Revolution in 1946.[4]

  1. ^ Mutia Ramadhani (5 January 2018). "Penumpang Ngurah Rai Melonjak 13 Persen Sepanjang 2018".
  2. ^ "Taksi Membawa Penumpang Terbakar di Tol Bali Mandara". 25 September 2015.
  3. ^ Dewa Wiguna (26 February 2017). "Ngurah Rai Goes Named Top Three Airports with Best Service".
  4. ^ Pringle, p 161