Ngurah Rai International Airport

I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Bandar Udara Internasional I Gusti Ngurah Rai
IATA: DPS ICAO: WADD WMO: 97230
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	InJourney
Operator	Angkasa Pura I
Serves	Denpasar
Location	Tuban, Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia
Opened	1931; 93 years ago (1931)
Hub for	Batik Air Garuda Indonesia Indonesia AirAsia
Operating base for	Citilink Lion Air Super Air Jet Wings Air
Time zone	WITA (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	08°44′53″S 115°10′03″E / 8.74806°S 115.16750°E / -8.74806; 115.16750
Website	www.bali-airport.com
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 9,843 3,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 23,779,178 ( 13.0%) Aircraft movements 162,623 ( 11.1%)
Source: List of the busiest airports in Indonesia

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 Bali island. 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]