Lombok by plane
Lombok International Airport, (Bandara Internasional Lombok) (BIL), (IATA: AMI pending), ICAO: WADL is the only current operational airport in Lombok.
Please note that the IATA code for the airport is not yet available.
The new airport is located near the city of Praya on Jalan Raya, Tanak Awu Lombok Tengah in central south Lombok and is approximately 40 km south of Mataram, and 55 km southeast of the established Senggigi tourism precinct of West Lombok
Bali (IATA: DPS) is only a short distance by air (flight time 25 min) with several daily flights by both turboprop and jet powered aircraft. Ticketing is normally in the range of Rp 200,000-300,000 for a single journey unless very heavily booked.
- Merpati airlines normally has several flights daily but has a reputation for cancelling flights when the flights are not full.
- Garuda airlines reintroduced services between Bali and Lombok in 2009.
- Wings Abadi code share with Lion Air and recommenced Bali to Lombok flights on 6 September 2010 after an extended absence from the route.
- Passengers bags may be offloaded without notice by Trigana airlines if the aircraft is over capacity.
- Trans Nusa provide services from Bali and onward routes to other destinations in West Nusa Tengara.
- Indonesian Air Transport (IAT) provide daily services from Bali to Lombok (operating for Trans Nusa).
There are daily connections to Java including Jakarta (CGK) (flight time 1 hr 50 min-2 hr ) and Surabaya (SUB) (flight time 55-60 min). The direct flights to either Jakarta or Surabaya are a good alternative to the much longer bus/ferry trip via Bali.
- Flights to Surabaya are provided by Lion Air, Wings Air (the regional feeder affiliate of Lion Air), Batavia and Merpati and are often much cheaper (less than Rp 300,000) than to Jakarta (more than Rp 500,000).
- Flights to Jakarta are provided by Lion Air (direct), Garuda (direct), and Batavia (with a scheduled stop in Surabaya).
- Flights to the east include services to and from Sumbawa (SWQ), Bima (BMU) and Komodo at nearby Labuanbajo (LBJ). Eastward bound services are often disrupted and scheduled flights may change or be cancelled at short notice. Some of the eastward destinations may offer slightly better flight frequencies if you fly to Bali first.
International flights are currently limited to direct services from Singapore (SIN) 3 times per week and daily from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) in Malaysia with a technical stop in Surabaya in East Java.
- The Singapore service is operated by Silk Air. These flights are code shared with Garuda Airlines, (flight time 2 hr 45 min) arriving in Lombok on Friday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. The flights arrive and depart at the International terminal.
- Garuda and Merpati offer one-stop connections from Kuala Lumpur (KUL), the Garuda Airlines service is code shared with Malaysian Airlines and is via Jakarta. These flights arrive and depart at the domestic terminal.
- In mid-2011 Air Asia announced they intend to commence providing flights to Lombok's airport, a service commencement date has yet to be announced.
Domestic flights operating to and from Lombok are often delayed and occasionally cancelled without notice. Allow generous time in transit between flights most especially those with international connections.
| Airlines
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Destinations
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Terminal
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Aircraft type
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Jakarta, Surabaya |
Domestic |
737-200, 737-300, 737-400, A319-100,A320
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Jakarta, Denpasar |
Domestic |
737-300, 737-400, 737-500
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Kuala Lumpur (via CGK) |
Domestic |
737-300, 737-400, 737-500, 737 800/NG
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Singapore operated by Silk Air MI 128/GA 9938 |
International |
A319-100
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Denpasar |
Domestic |
F27, F50, ATR42-500
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Jakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar
(SUB, DPS-code share Wings Air) |
Domestic |
737-400, 737-900ER, MD90
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Kuala Lumpur operated by Garuda Indonesia GA 0821/MH 9081 |
Domestic |
737-300, 737-400, 737-500, 737 800/NG
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Jakarta, Denpasar, Surabaya, Jakarta |
Domestic |
737-200, 737-300, 737-400, F27, CN 235, MA60
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Kuala Lumpur (via SUB) |
International |
737-200, 737-300, 737-400
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Singapore |
International |
A319-100
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Singapore operated by Silk Air MI 128/SQ 5220] |
International |
A319-100
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Bima, Denpasar, Sumbawa,
Ende via DPS-TMC,
Labuanbajo via DPS, Tambolaka via DPS |
Domestic |
F27, F50, ATR-42 300
BAe146-100 (DPS-TMC)
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Denpasar |
Domestic |
F27, ATR-42
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Surabaya, Denpasar (code share Lion AIr) |
Domestic |
ATR72-500, MD82, MD83, MB90
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The Most Frequently Asked Travel Questions about Lombok
