Number of Domestic and International Airline Passengers, August 2024

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that the number of domestic airline passengers in August 2024 reached 5.56 million.

This figure is down 7.67% compared to July 2024, which recorded 6.03 million passengers.

BPS stated that the decrease in passenger numbers occurred across all major airports observed: Juanda-Surabaya Airport (down 16.84%), Hasanuddin-Makassar Airport (down 12.88%), Kualanamu-Medan Airport (down 12.06%), Soekarno Hatta-Tangerang Airport (down 7.04%), and Ngurah Rai-Denpasar Airport (down 1.21%).

Soekarno Hatta-Tangerang Airport had the highest number of domestic passengers, reaching 1.6 million or 29.51% of the total domestic passengers, followed by Ngurah Rai-Denpasar Airport with 450,700 passengers (8.09%).

From January to August 2024, BPS reported a total of 42 million domestic air passengers, a 1.50% increase year-on-year (yoy) compared to the same period last year (41.4 million passengers).

Conversely, international flight routes saw a different trend. The volume reached 1.78 million passengers, a 12.46% increase compared to July 2024 (1.59 million passengers).

Passenger increases were observed across all major airports monitored: Hasanuddin-Makassar Airport (up 192.5%), Juanda-Surabaya Airport (up 35.82%), Soekarno Hatta-Tangerang Airport (up 17.25%), Ngurah Rai-Denpasar Airport (up 4.45%), and Kualanamu-Medan Airport (up 2.27%).

Soekarno Hatta-Tangerang Airport had the highest number of international passengers, reaching 774,000 (43.24% of total international passengers), followed by Ngurah Rai-Denpasar Airport with 688,100 passengers (38.44%).

From January to August 2024, the number of international air passengers, using both national and foreign airlines, reached 12.3 million, a 23.94% yoy increase compared to the 9.93 million passengers recorded in the same period last year.

(See also: [Domestic and International Air Passengers Increased in July 2024](https://databoks.katadata.co.id/transportasi-logistik/statistik/66d72238cdabc/jumlah-penumpang-pesawat-domestik-dan-internasional-naik-pada-juli-2024))