Syamsuddin Noor (BDJ) airport is a medium size airport half an hour drive (26km) from the south-east of Banjarmasin city. It is one of the few Indonesian airports which can handle wide-body jets like the Boeing 767, the first one landed here in 2004.
Most flights from Syamsudin Noor International Airport are to Jakarta and to Surabaya but there are many more flights to other destinations as well, most of them by Lion Air. Every day there are flights to 7 destinations from Syamsudin Noor International Airport. Here are the most popular destinations:
Bandung Syamsuddin Noor Airport has one runway and one passenger terminal. A new terminal will be built but as of now (2017) the current terminal is old and cramped.
Syamsuddin Noor (BDJ) airport is located 10 km southwest of Banjarbaru and 26 km to the south-east of Banjarmasin city center, about a half hour by car.
There are no buses at the airport. But if you walk about 2 minutes to the street outside of the airport, you should be able to share a mini-van (angkot) heading to the Terminal Induk KM 6 which costs just Rp. 15.000.
At the airport you can take a taxi (with fixed rate) or tell your hotel to pick you up. Taxis to/from Syamsuddin Noor Airport operate with a fixed rate and cost between 80.000 and 120.000 depending on your destination in the city.
Website of the airport taxi company : syamsudinnoor-airport.co.id.
All prices quoted here were found in July 2017
