Denpasar Airport Reviews

Denpasar Airport also known as Ngurah Rai International Airport (IATA: DPS, ICAO: WADD),, is located in southern Bali, 13 km south of Denpasar. Ngurah Rai is currently (pending the construction of new terminal facilities) the third most crowded airport in the country after Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Juanda International Airport.

Denpasar Airport is named after I Gusti Ngurah Rai, an Indonesian republican 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 Rai and 95 others during the Indonesian Revolution in 1946.

The Denpasar Airport is located in Tuban on the Island of Bali between Kuta and Jimbaran and is close to the tourist locations of southern Bali; the resort center of Kuta is 2.5 km north of the airport. The capital of Bali Denpasar is located nearby.

In 2011 Denpasar International Airport recorded 39,509 international and 64,262 domestic flights which carried 6,177,044 and 6,594,830 passengers respectively. The 2011’s passengers was doubled within 5 years.