Ngurah Rai Airport Arranges Landing of Aircraft Affected by Heavy Rain

I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Bali/DOK ANTARA

DENPASAR - I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, was forced to make arrangements for aircraft landings due to the impact of heavy rain since morning.

"Currently on Saturday, the area around I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is experiencing heavy rain and to maintain the safety of flights and passengers, arrangements are made for aircraft that will land," said Communication & Legal Division Head of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Gede Eka Sandi Asmadi as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, December 27.

Until now, there are six flights waiting in the air for landing, including two flights from Melbourne, one flight from Perth, one flight from Labuan Bajo, one flight from Abu Dhabi, and one flight from Bangaluru.

"In addition, there are five airlines that have decided to divert landing to Lombok two flights and Surabaya three flights," said Gede Eka.

Based on coordination with the local airport, a number of flights that diverted landings are reported to have landed safely.

In general, flight operations and passenger services are also still running normally, smoothly, and under control.

The manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport himself realized that Bali is currently entering the rainy season, today alone at least heavy rain has poured incessantly since early morning.

In this situation, Gede Eka ensured that PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport and all airport communities always tried to maintain flight safety.

Moreover, the condition of the aircraft landing arrangement occurs at the momentum of Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 (Nataru), where passenger and aircraft movements are high.

Based on airport data, at least since the Nataru Post 15 December to 26 December 2026, the number of passengers at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport reached 811,170 people or an average of 67,597 passengers per day.

The crowded movement was also felt in flight movements, where during the Nataru Post they served 5,128 aircraft movements or an average of 427 movements per day.

"For this reason, every step and operational decision of the airport is carried out to fulfill this, in this case we continue to coordinate intensively with AirNav Denpasar, the airline, and BMKG to ensure that airport operations continue to run safely and safely in the midst of rainy weather.