Travel to Batam

Every way to reach Batam: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Batam is reachable from 17 places across 3 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 9 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €34.95 and the fastest takes 3h 58m door to door. The nearest origin is 296 km away.

Checked September 30, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Batam

Every mode that actually calls at Batam, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Flight31€34.953h 58m4,681 km8
Ferry2€60.8428h 36m828 km1
  • 17Places you can arrive from
  • 17Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 9Operators

Batam sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Batam

Sort by distance from Tranferpoint Batam Centre and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
200 to 600 km927%Pekanbaru, 296 km
600 to 1,500 km2061%Pontianak, 604 km
Over 1,500 km412%Denpasar, 1651 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Batam that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Indonesia3091%
South Korea26%
Malaysia13%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Batam

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

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 taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from BTH into Batam?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Batam costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Batam

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Batam, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Pekanbaru to Batam flight€34.953h 58m296 km
Jambi City to Batam flight€41.444h 1m309 km
Palembang to Batam flight€49.114h 12m459 km
Kuala Lumpur to Batam flight€50.884h 3m341 km
Padang to Batam flight€54.424h 12m470 km
Cilegon to Batam ferry€60.8428h 36m828 km
Pontianak to Batam flight€61.504h 27m604 km
Percut to Batam flight€63.864h 24m636 km
Bandar Lampung to Batam flight€82.154h 38m744 km
Jakarta to Batam flight€83.334h 43m877 km
Bandung to Batam flight€93.955h 4m982 km
Surabaya to Batam flight€125.815h 29m1,345 km
Yogyakarta to Batam flight€125.815h 16m1,219 km
Balikpapan to Batam flight€134.665h 27m1,449 km
Semarang to Batam flight€140.565h 18m1,150 km
Denpasar to Batam flight€152.365h 53m1,651 km

We cannot promise Tranferpoint Batam Centre still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Batam

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Batam

Common questions about Travel to Batam

How can I get to Batam?

Batam is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 17 places, across 3 countries, on services run by 9 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Batam?

The cheapest way into Batam is by Flight, from €34.95 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 17 origins we sell into Batam over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Batam?

The fastest journey into Batam is by Flight, at 3h 58m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 296 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Batam have?

Batam has 5 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are BTH. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where else can I go from Batam in Indonesia?

Batam connects to 17 places on our network across 3 countries, the furthest of them 4,681 km away in a straight line. Indonesia routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Indonesia

The wider region

Being on the water gives Batam a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Batam

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

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