Connecting at Surabaya airport

Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at SUB.

How connections work at SUB

At Surabaya Juanda airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration. If you connect from an international to a domestic flight, you enter the country here: you go through immigration and collect and re-check your bags.

The airport has 2 terminals or concourses (Terminal 1 (domestic), Terminal 2 (international)). They are not connected after security: changing means going through security again.

Connecting passengers go through a transfer security screening.

Connection time calculator

Is your layover at SUB long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.

Terminals / concourses: Terminal 1 (domestic), Terminal 2 (international)

Getting between them: Free shuttle bus between Terminals 1 and 2, 15 to 20 minutes, running periodically without a fixed timetable

Terminal 1 (north side) handles all domestic flights and Terminal 2 (south side) all international flights. There is no airside link: every transfer between terminals goes landside, with check-in and security again at the other terminal.

Official transfer times:

  • Terminal 1 → Terminal 2: up to 20 min by bus
  • A full terminal change takes 45 to 60 minutes, including the shuttle wait and security at the other terminal.

Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.

Sources: layoverindex.com.

Times are estimates: always check with your airline.

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