Ngurah Rai Airport Resumes Operations After Nyepi

I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar, Bali, has resumed operations after a 24-hour closure for the sacred Nyepi Day. This was announced by Gede Eka Sandi Asmadi, Head of the Communication and Legal Division at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport.

“Ngurah Rai International Airport reopened operations on Friday, 20 March 2026, at 06:00 WITA following the observance of Nyepi Day,” said Eka Sandi, as quoted from Antara on Friday, 20 March 2026.

He stated that on Friday morning, to commence operations, the first arriving passengers were from the domestic Surabaya-Denpasar route operated by Citilink airline with flight number QG 692, landing at 06:52 WITA.

Subsequently, passengers arrived from the international Hong Kong-Denpasar route operated by Hong Kong Airlines with flight number HX 707, which landed at 06:58 WITA.

Eka Sandi noted that for departures, the first flight from I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport was on the domestic route by Citilink airline with flight number QG691, carrying passengers from Denpasar to Surabaya, departing at 08:10 WITA.

Next, the first international departure was by Hong Kong Airlines with flight number HX 706 on the Denpasar-Hong Kong route at 09:00 WITA.

He said that I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport has returned to normal operations, while also conveying that during Nyepi Day, the atmosphere proceeded conducively without any flight activities.

Amid the ongoing 2026 Eid Transport Post from 13-30 March 2026, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport was temporarily closed on 19 March 2026 from 06:00 until 20 March 2026 at 06:00 WITA.

The operator recorded that during this period, they did not operate 440 regular commercial flight schedules. These schedules consisted of 231 domestic route flights and 209 international route flights. During that time, 19 aircraft also performed remain overnight or parked at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport.