Palu to Balikpapan runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 06:52. One passenger pays between €34.95 and €42.62, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 1m over 351 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€34.95 to €42.62
- 156%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Palu
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.
- 06:25First departure
- 06:52Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €80.38Fri18
- about €83.92Sat19
- about €67.99Sun20
- about €56.78Mon21
- about €50.29Tue22
- about €53.83Wed23
- about €71.53Thu24
- about €49.70Fri25
- about €50.29Sat26
- about €50.88Sun27
- about €49.70Mon28
- about €47.93Tue29
- about €44.39Wed30
- about €51.47Thu1
- about €40.85Fri2
- about €45.57Sat3
- about €40.26Sun4
- about €36.13Mon5
- about €34.95Tue6
- about €37.31Wed7
- about €48.52Thu8
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 Balikpapan. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Balikpapan for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Palu to Balikpapan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €40.8590 days
- €31.4160 days
- €40.8545 days
- €43.8030 days
- €48.5221 days
- €51.4714 days
- €71.537 days
- €67.993 days
- €80.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 156 percent. The dearest point is €80.38, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Palu to Balikpapan and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
351 km
341 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
389,959 → 695,287
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 351 km against 341 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from BPN into Balikpapan is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Balikpapan
Settled in advance, so the ride into Balikpapan 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 Terminal Luar/Bayangan Batu Ampar, Balikpapan
Most of the points near Terminal Luar/Bayangan Batu Ampar, Balikpapan open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Palu to Balikpapan
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 Palu to Balikpapan?
The fastest journey from Palu to Balikpapan takes 4h 1m door to door, of which 52m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 4m, 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 Palu to Balikpapan?
The cheapest fare from Palu to Balikpapan is €34.95, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €51.77. 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 Palu to Balikpapan?
The cheapest way from Palu to Balikpapan is by flight, at €34.95 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 2m 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 Palu to Balikpapan?
Fares from Palu to Balikpapan bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 156 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Palu to Balikpapan?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Palu to Balikpapan, at €44.39. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Palu to Balikpapan?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Palu to Balikpapan, at €33.18 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 Palu to Balikpapan?
No operator record names Palu to Balikpapan directly. Lion Mentari Airlines, Sriwijaya Air publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Palu to Balikpapan?
Every service we sell from Palu to Balikpapan is direct, with around 2 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 1m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Palu to Balikpapan use?
Services from Palu to Balikpapan by flight leave from Palu PLW and arrive at Balikpapan BPN. 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 Palu to Balikpapan?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Palu to Balikpapan 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Palu to Balikpapan on 17 September 2026: 351 km of route against 341 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €34.95, and 4h 1m 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 Balikpapan a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Balikpapan and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Balikpapan in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Palu reaches 4 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 341 to 1,561 km. Balikpapan reaches 21 places in 3 countries, from 328 to 1,753 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Palu
- 4Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Balikpapan
Leaving Balikpapan
- 21Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 10Operators