 Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali
Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) is the gateway for most visitors to Bali. It is located in the neighborhood of Tuban, to the immediate south of Kuta, the main tourist area. Although it is about an hour from Denpasar, it is also known as the Denpasar International Airport and carries the IATA code of DPS.
This page is all about the Ngurah Rai International Airport. For travel information to Bali, please read
Arriving by Flight to Bali.
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Ngurah Rai International Airport (18 June, 2004)
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The Ngurah Rai International Airport is the third busiest airport in Indonesia after the ones in Jakarta and Surabaya. It has an International Terminal and a Domestic Terminal, which is housed in the old airport building.
was named in honor of I Gusti Ngurah Rai, the national hero of Bali who died in a suicide attack against the Dutch in 1946. It was established as an airfield in 1931. The airlies flying to Ngurah Rai International Airport include Aeroflot, AirAsia, Batavia Air, Cathay Pacific, Cebu Pacific, China Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, EVA Air, Garuda Indonesia, Hong Kong Express Airways, Japan Airlines, Jetstar Airways, KLM, Korean Air, Lion Air, Malaysia Airlines, Mandala Airlines, Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Pelita air Service, Qatar Airways, Shanghai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Skywest, Sriwijaya Air, Strategic Airlines, Thai Airways International, Transaero, Travira Air, Uni Air, Valuair, Virgin Blue and Wings Air.
At present, plans to expand the airport has been thwarted by local religious objections, as it would require the building of tunnels and bridges, neither of which is allowed. The present 3,600-meter runway is said to be too short for a Boeing 747 at maximum take-off weight. There is an alternative plan to relocated the airport to West Bali, but nothing substantial has materialized.
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