Denpasar Airport

Ngurah Rai is one of the airports that are now included in the International Airport. The location itself is located in the south of the island of Bali is located exactly in the area of Tuban, Kuta. The distance from Denpasar to Ngurah Rai alone reached 13 km.

You need to know also that for the IATA code of the Denpasar airport is DPS. Meanwhile for the ICAO code is WADD previously was WRRR. If seen from the flight activity, Denpasar Airport is known as the third busiest airport in Indonesia after Soekarno Hatta and Juanda Airport. Ngurah Rai name itself is taken from the name I Gusti Ngurah Rai Indonesia which is one of the heroes who came from Bali.

Before discussing further, it is better if we first review of the history of this Denpasar airport. Ngurah Rai itself new construction began in 1930, initiated by the Ministry of Public Works. In addition to its own form of the airstrip runway has a length of up to 700 M coming from the grass in the middle of the field and came from the tomb in the Tuban area. Denpasar Airport is progressing in 1935, namely the existence of telegraph equipment and KNILM or the Royal Netherlands are usually landed regularly in South Bali

The worse thing had also occurred at Ngurah Rai Airport is precisely in 1942 that the bombing by the Japanese army. Not only that after the bombing, the service is also controlled by the Japanese Army as a landing place fighter and transport aircraft. Rapid progress at Denpasar airport in 1975 up to 1978 the Indonesian government to renovate a way to build a wide variety of aviation facilities, one of which is the New International Terminal.

You need to know that Denpasar Ngurah Rai Airport itself has two types of terminals, the domestic terminal and the international terminal. For their own domestic terminal currently occupies the area of the old international terminal. For the Domestic Terminal itself also presents many as 8 train cars. Not only that, on his arrival also own 4 baggage claim. Meanwhile for the international terminal was more luxurious than the domestic terminal, the article’s own departure was in the 3rd floor and on arrival were on the 1st floor. Count of carriages owned by the international Terminal is about 14 train cars. It also has a number 7 baggage claim.