The airport is OK. Still lower standards then you‘re gonna have in Bali or Jakarta.
Be aware that the stuff is stealing from your luggage. Especially when your luggage stays longer on this airport.
Not the best airport I ever know, but it is the only airport in Lombok. The new layout of Departure was better than before. Food was ok, there are many coffee shop in the departure area.
The airport that replaces Selaparang is the main gateway of arrival from and to Lombok. Lombok International Airport (LIA / IATA Code: LOP) with a relatively new modern building ready to welcome tourists from all over the world.
Small international airport with pretty good service and clean. In the afternoon is usually crowded by passengers. However, outside the airport (especially parking area) may not seem good because too many people passing by.
Not properly maintained
Poor cleanliness
Poor service
Terrible queue management
Poor departure and arrival management
LOP needs to work harder to become a truly international airport
No hassles with anything (on my one visit here).
There's one main entrance, you go through a security first that scans so fast you can carry 30kg of anything & they wouldn't notice..
Checking into Wings Air mid afternoon involved minimal waiting; my 11kg extra luggage incurred me an invoice, so I left my bag with the check in counter, went & paid 60,500 at the cashier, came back & gave him receipt & he waved me on. Second security upstairs was equally painless & rapid.
There's only 2 TV screens displaying flights, that I saw in the whole airport, but so few gates that there's no problem finding where to go. From my Kuta hotel to waiting at my gate, took an hour only.
For international departures, you have to clear security twice. You go through the security, you go shopping and buy your water for the flight, then you have to go through the security again before reaching the gate and they take away your water. Great organisation.
If you want to take any taxi that does not screw you up, walk all the way outside the airport gate and avoid the aggressive gang that is monopolising the airport. Terrible experience
This airport seems to be in descent size & pretty modern. Touched down around 11pm, all shops and restaurants were closed.
There was an ATM centre.. BCA/Mandiri/BRI.
Lots of hotel, travel and transportation hospitality desks on the way out of the building.
Ticket counters are very slow service, and it make a long queue at each ticket counter. Expecially for Lion air and Air Asia.
The airport is pretty good, but you should put read corner. Wifi is well!
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The airport building is new but not kept clean well, with small toilet - long queue - no teoilet paper and dirty.
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Good to having free wifi and free phone charging on the waiting room 👍
Near arrival spot there is a Damri bus kiosk. You can buy tickets there to several destinations. Prices are mu-u-u-uch cheaper then taxi.
Lombok airport and AirAsia engaged in nasty practices of overcharging tourists $40 for small photo tripod(same tripod traveled all over the world without problem). I've seen how angry and disappointed are other people as well, one chinese tourist has been searched meticulously, just because they seen photo bag, and they found tiny gopro mount and took it from him. I strongly suspect it is some scam scheme running, as they try to charge extra if you try to put it in luggage. This airport is a shame point for whole country, if authorities will not look about it.