Getting into Indonesia

You can fly into Indonesia from practically any place in the world, but, you must enter the country through one of the official gateways where there are immigration and customs points located. There are so many entry points throughout the archipelago that the choice is excellent.

If you are travelling around the world on an RTW and coming through Asia then you have the option of entering through Sumatra or going direct to Bali. The choice of airlines too has increased making it easy to choose the right airline to buy your tickets.

The airports that are gateways into Indonesia are as follows:

Sumatra

Polonia (Medan)
Simpang Tiga (Pekanbaru)
Hang Nadim (Batam)
Tabing (Padang)

Java

Soekarno-Hatta (Jakarta)
Husein Sastranegara (Bandung)
Juanda (Surabaya)
Adisumarmo (Solo)
Ngurah Rai (Denpasar)
EItari (Kupang)

Kalimantan

Supadio (Pontianak)
Sepingan (Balikpapan)

Sulawesi

Sam Ratulangi (Manado)
Pattimura (Ambon)
Hasanudin (Ujung Pandang)

Lombok

Selaparang (Mataram)

Papua

Frans Kaisiepo (Biak)

And the seaports of :

Sumatra

Belawan (Medan)
BatuAmpar and Sekupang (Batam)
Tanjung Pinang (Bintan)

Java

Tanjung Priok (Jakarta)
Tanjung Mas (Semarang)
Tanjung Perak (Surabaya)

Bali

Benoa and Padangbai

Sulawesi

Bitung Harbour

Maluku Islands

Ambon