Balikpapan to Batam runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:49 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €134.66 and €160.62, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 27m over 1,492 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€134.66 to €160.62
- 191%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Balikpapan
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:49First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €331.72Mon14
- about €237.91Tue15
- about €249.11Wed16
- about €263.28Thu17
- about €233.78Fri18
- about €268.00Sat19
- about €213.13Sun20
- about €197.79Mon21
- about €170.05Tue22
- about €160.62Wed23
- about €221.39Thu24
- about €183.04Fri25
- about €183.63Sat26
- about €188.35Sun27
- about €154.13Mon28
- about €170.05Tue29
- about €134.66Wed30
- about €161.80Thu1
- about €146.46Fri2
- about €165.34Sat3
- about €141.15Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Batam. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Batam for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Balikpapan to Batam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €162.3990 days
- €174.7860 days
- €114.0145 days
- €125.8030 days
- €141.1521 days
- €188.3514 days
- €213.137 days
- €249.113 days
- €331.721 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €114.01.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 191 percent. The dearest point is €331.72, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Balikpapan to Batam and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
1,492 km
1,449 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
695,287 → 1,296,960
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,492 km against 1,449 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Semarang, Singapore. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Batam is large, and the road in from BTH can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Batam
Settled in advance, so the ride into Batam costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Tranferpoint Batam Centre
Most of the points near Tranferpoint Batam Centre open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Balikpapan to Batam
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Balikpapan to Batam?
The fastest journey from Balikpapan to Batam takes 5h 27m door to door, of which 2h 17m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 36m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Balikpapan to Batam?
The cheapest fare from Balikpapan to Batam is €134.66, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €188.35. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Balikpapan to Batam?
The cheapest way from Balikpapan to Batam is by flight, at €160.62 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 27m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Balikpapan to Batam?
Fares from Balikpapan to Batam bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €114.01. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 191 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Balikpapan to Batam?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Balikpapan to Batam, at €160.62. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Balikpapan to Batam?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Balikpapan to Batam, at €111.06 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Balikpapan to Batam?
1 operators sell services from Balikpapan to Batam across 1 mode: Lion Mentari Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Balikpapan to Batam?
20 percent of the services we sell from Balikpapan to Batam are direct. The rest connect at Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Semarang, Singapore, with about 62 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Balikpapan to Batam use?
Services from Balikpapan to Batam by flight leave from Balikpapan BPN and arrive at Batam BTH. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Balikpapan to Batam?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Balikpapan to Batam allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Balikpapan to Batam on 13 September 2026: 1492 km of route against 1449 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €134.66, and 5h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Batam a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Batam and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Batam in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Balikpapan reaches 18 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 328 to 1,753 km. Batam reaches 19 places in 4 countries, from 25 to 4,681 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Balikpapan
- 18Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Batam
Leaving Batam
- 19Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 11Operators