Balikpapan to Surabaya runs about 40 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 20:53. One passenger pays between €67.40 and €70.94, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 37m over 828 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€67.40 to €70.94
- 212%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.
- 06:01First departure
- 20:53Last departure
- 40Services 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 €177.14Fri18
- about €156.49Sat19
- about €146.46Sun20
- about €104.57Mon21
- about €102.21Tue22
- about €109.29Wed23
- about €134.66Thu24
- about €102.21Fri25
- about €104.57Sat26
- about €99.26Sun27
- about €85.10Mon28
- about €83.92Tue29
- about €89.23Wed30
- about €104.57Thu1
- about €80.38Fri2
- about €83.33Sat3
- about €76.84Sun4
- about €67.40Mon5
- about €68.58Tue6
- about €70.35Wed7
- about €87.46Thu8
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 Surabaya. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Surabaya for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Balikpapan to Surabaya
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €72.7190 days
- €56.7860 days
- €64.4545 days
- €72.7130 days
- €87.4621 days
- €104.5714 days
- €134.667 days
- €146.463 days
- €177.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €56.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 212 percent. The most expensive point is €177.14, 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 Balikpapan to Surabaya 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
828 km
804 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
695,287 → 3,018,022
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 828 km against 804 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Surabaya is large, and the road in from SUB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Surabaya
Settled in advance, so the ride into Surabaya costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand 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.
Baggage storage near Surabaya Kota railway station
Most of the points near Surabaya Kota railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Balikpapan to Surabaya
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Surabaya?
The fastest journey from Balikpapan to Surabaya takes 4h 37m door to door, of which 1h 27m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 42m, 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 Surabaya?
The cheapest fare from Balikpapan to Surabaya is €67.40, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €114.60. 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 Surabaya?
The cheapest way from Balikpapan to Surabaya is by flight, at €67.40 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 37m 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 Surabaya?
Fares from Balikpapan to Surabaya bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €56.78. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 212 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Balikpapan to Surabaya?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Balikpapan to Surabaya, at €83.92. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 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 Surabaya?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Balikpapan to Surabaya, at €58.55 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 service from Balikpapan to Surabaya?
No operator record names Balikpapan to Surabaya directly. Citilink Indonesia, Indonesia AirAsia, Lion Mentari Airlines, Sriwijaya Air, Super Air Jet 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 Balikpapan to Surabaya?
Every service we sell from Balikpapan to Surabaya is direct, with around 40 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 37m 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 Balikpapan to Surabaya use?
Services from Balikpapan to Surabaya by flight leave from Balikpapan BPN and arrive at Surabaya SUB. 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 Surabaya?
0 of the 5 operators we sell from Balikpapan to Surabaya 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 Balikpapan to Surabaya on September 17, 2026: 828 km of route against 804 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €67.40, and 4h 37m 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 Surabaya a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Surabaya and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Surabaya in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Balikpapan reaches 21 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 328 to 1,753 km. Surabaya reaches 89 places in 8 countries, from 42 to 8,662 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Balikpapan
- 21Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Surabaya
Leaving Surabaya
- 89Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 23Operators