Batam to Pontianak

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Batam to Pontianak. From €57.37, fastest 4h 22m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Batam to Pontianak costs €57.37 at the cheapest and takes 4h 22m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 622 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
622 km
Fastest
4h 22m
Average
4h 25m
Services per day
2
Cheapest
€57.37
CO2 per passenger
153.0 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 22m1h 12m3h 10m€68.58153.0 kg2
  • 4h 22mFastest, by Flight
  • €68.58Cheapest, by Flight
  • 153.0 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 622 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€57.37
  1. Lion Mentari Airlines LM558814:161h 14m15:30Batam BTHPontianak PNK

Door to door 4h 24mCO2 153.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€69.17
  1. Lion Mentari Airlines LM907106:031h 12m07:15Batam BTHPontianak PNK

Door to door 4h 22mCO2 153.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Checking the live timetables.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Batam to Pontianak
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Batam to PontianakMonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26SunSep 27
Flight€100.44€104.57€88.05€115.19€102.80€116.96€76.84€80.38€68.58€72.12€96.90€81.56€81.56€71.53

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €57.37

Arriving in September changes what you want from a room in Pontianak. It is not a thing we sell, so here is who does.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Pontianak

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Batam to Pontianak

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €73.3090 days
  2. €67.4060 days
  3. €52.6545 days
  4. €55.6030 days
  5. €60.3221 days
  6. €71.5314 days
  7. €76.847 days
  8. €88.053 days
  9. €100.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €52.65.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 91 percent. The most expensive point is €100.44, 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.
€100.44€52.651371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €71.53Sun
  2. €80.38Mon
  3. €77.43Tue
  4. €72.12Wed
  5. €96.90Thu
  6. €81.56Fri
  7. €81.56Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €104.57Sep
  2. €63.27Oct
  3. €60.32Nov
  4. €63.86Dec
  5. €71.53Jan
  6. €51.47Feb

The route

BatamBatamPontianakPontianak
The journey

What the journey actually 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 622 km against 604 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Batam at 06:03 and the last at 14:16, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Batam

Bus
  • Tranferpoint Batam Centre
  • Transferpoint Sekupang (Sekupang port)
Air
  • BTH
Ferry
  • Batam Centre
  • Batu Ampar Batam

Pontianak

Bus
  • Terminal Batulayang
  • Bus terminal (Damri)
Air
  • PNK
Ferry
  • Dwikora Pontianak
  • Terminal Pelampung Pontianak

Landing at PNK after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from PNK into Pontianak

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Lion Mentari Airlines€57.374h 22m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest flight fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€41.0071%
Taxes€7.3813%
Supplier fees€7.0012%
Our service fee€1.993%
Total you pay€57.37100%

We cannot promise Terminal Batulayang still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Terminal Batulayang

Most of the points near Terminal Batulayang open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Batam to Pontianak

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 Batam to Pontianak?

The fastest journey from Batam to Pontianak takes 4h 22m door to door, of which 1h 12m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 25m, 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 Batam to Pontianak?

The cheapest fare from Batam to Pontianak is €57.37, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €82.15. 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 Batam to Pontianak?

The cheapest way from Batam to Pontianak is by flight, at €68.58 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 22m 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 Batam to Pontianak?

Fares from Batam to Pontianak bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €52.65. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 91 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Batam to Pontianak?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Batam to Pontianak, at €71.53. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Batam to Pontianak?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Batam to Pontianak, at €51.47 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 Batam to Pontianak?

1 operators sell services from Batam to Pontianak 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 Batam to Pontianak?

Every service we sell from Batam to Pontianak is direct, with around 2 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 22m 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 Batam to Pontianak use?

Services from Batam to Pontianak by flight leave from Batam BTH and arrive at Pontianak PNK. 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 Batam to Pontianak?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Batam to Pontianak 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Batam to Pontianak on September 13, 2026: 622 km of route against 604 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €57.37, and 4h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Pontianak and elsewhere in Indonesia. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Pontianak

Day trips that leave Pontianak in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

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