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Timing

Budget the runway shuttle — and evening lounge blackouts

Domestic about 90–120 minutes when T1 is calm; international about 2.5–3.5 hours; same-day terminal changes always go landside.

Cabin-bag domestic guests who already know their T1 gate can often work with about 90–120 minutes curb-to-gate when T1 is quiet. International needs about 2.5–3.5 hours for check-in, aviation security, and passport control — longer on Lebaran / Nataru mudik and the Singapore / Kuala Lumpur banks. Same-day domestic↔international always clears landside via the free T1↔T2 shuttle. Greater Bay HKG (HB212 22:45) and China Southern SZX (CZ8342 22:30) depart after Concordia (19:00) and Blue Sky T2 (20:00) close.

Terminal

T1 vs T2 — Garuda still splits arrivals and departures

International = T2; most LCC domestic = T1; Garuda / Pelita / AirAsia domestic often depart T2 and arrive T1-A.

Official Juanda news (2023) moved only domestic arrivals for Garuda, Pelita Air, and Indonesia AirAsia to Terminal 1A (east). Departures were left as before — still Terminal 2. Lion-group domestic arrivals remain T1B (west). Pickups waiting at T2 for a domestic Garuda arrival are the classic wrong-building mistake. Free shuttle; no sterile corridor.

Food

Eat in Surabaya if you can; Circle K before security

City warung beats airport meals; landside Circle K / FamilyMart for sealed water; Concordia or Blue Sky T2 only if you are already entitled and inside hours.

Tunjungan / Pakuwon and ordinary Surabaya warung still win on value. Landside Circle K and FamilyMart (visible on the T1 kerb / arrivals corridor) are the practical sealed-water stop. Airside, Gloria Jean's sits near international Gate 8 on the operator directory. Blue Sky T2 has a real buffet (live cooking / Rawon on the Airport Dimensions opening note) — but PP conditions still list coffee/tea/juice/water as the complimentary drink set, with a la carte and alcohol extra.

Status

All Indonesia QR + VOA are separate chores

Finish the free All Indonesia Arrival Card and any e-VOA/VOA before wheels-down; T2 immigration is slow without the QR.

Foreign arrivals need a visa exemption, e-VOA/VOA (official fee IDR 500,000 at evisa.imigrasi.go.id), or other valid entry authority — and a free All Indonesia Arrival Card QR from allindonesia.imigrasi.go.id within three days of arrival. The card is not a visa. Hajj/umrah banks crowd T2 seasonally.

Live conditions

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Security waits and operational status from official feeds, where the airport publishes them.

Honest verdict

Who this airport works for

Best for

East Java / Surabaya city breaks and Madura / Bromo road trips
Priority Pass holders on international banks that finish before Concordia’s 19:00 close
Budget travellers who can use DAMRI Purabaya (Rp35,000) from T1 before 21:00

Watch out for

No sterile domestic↔international walk — budget the free T1↔T2 shuttle
Garuda / Pelita / Indonesia AirAsia domestic often depart T2 but arrive T1-A
Greater Bay HKG 22:45 and China Southern SZX 22:30 depart after both T2 PP lounges close
T2 DAMRI toward Purabaya is commonly listed only until about 18:00

Airportist Score

Why this score

Overall is the published weighted sum of six categories. No holistic fudge on top.

Ease of use · 25%

Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.

6.1

Comfort & amenities · 20%

Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.

6.6

Food & retail · 15%

Food and retail quality and variety.

6.3

Ground access · 15%

Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.

6.9

Reliability · 15%

Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.

6.1

Lounges · 10%

Worth-it density and access quality.

7.3

Key stats

Editorial reference figures, not live readings.

Annual passengers

~13.5M (2025 GM Tohir); 14,032,818 (2024 Juanda newsroom); Q1 2026 3,229,205

Terminals

2 (T1 domestic campus + T2 international; opposite sides of RWY 10/28)

On-time departures

78%

Typical security

22 min

Guide quick facts

From the editorial guide for SUB.

Updated Sep 29, 2026

Juanda International Airport (IATA SUB / ICAO WARR) sits in Sedati, Sidoarjo Regency, about 12 km / typically 30–60 minutes by road from Surabaya centre via the Waru–Juanda Toll Road. Operator: InJourney Airports (formerly Angkasa Pura I). Passenger site: juanda-airport.com. Third-busiest Indonesian airport after CGK and DPS. Civilian terminals on Indonesian Navy land (Naval Air Station Juanda / Puspenerbal) — not a skip-military field. Do not confuse with Banyuwangi (BWX), Malang (MLG), or Solo (SOC).
Two passenger terminals on opposite sides of a single runway, linked by a free landside shuttle (buses marked T1 ↔ T2 / BUS GRATIS) and no sterile domestic↔international walk. Rule of thumb: Terminal 1 handles most LCC domestic traffic; Terminal 2 handles all international flights. Official Juanda news (Aug–Sep 2023): Garuda Indonesia, Pelita Air, and Indonesia AirAsia domestic arrivals use Terminal 1A (east); their domestic departures were left unchanged (still T2). Lion / Batik / Super Air Jet / Citilink / Sriwijaya / NAM / Travira domestic arrivals use Terminal 1B (west). Always trust the boarding pass and FIDS — Wikipedia's later 'moved to T1' summary is wrong on departures.
Traffic: Juanda newsroom — calendar 2024 hosted 14,032,818 passengers (+0.15% vs 14,012,186 in 2023) / 81,415,318 kg cargo / 94,726 movements. Calendar 2025 — GM Muhammad Tohir (Tempo and local press, Jan 2026): about 13.5 million passengers / about 92,000 movements (11.1M domestic / 2.4M international). Q1 2026: 3,229,205 passengers (+4% vs Q1 2025) and 22,706 movements (+7%), per Tribun Jatim citing the airport (14 Apr 2026). Prefer operator GM statements over the 2018 peak (~21M).
Single runway 10/28 asphalt 3,000 × 45 m; elevation about 3 m. Terminal 1 opened 7 Nov 2006 and expanded Oct 2021 to about 91,700 m² / 8.7 million published domestic design capacity. Terminal 2 opened 14 Feb 2014 south of the runway (about 49,500 m² / 6 million published capacity). No passenger rail today — Surabaya Regional Railway Line (SRRL) is still in detail-engineering design, with DED targeted for early 2027 and Fase I-A ops talked about toward 2030.
Ground: DAMRI airport buses (cashless). 2026 press citing DAMRI: Purabaya/Bungurasih Rp35,000 (T1 typically 05:00–21:00 / T2 typically 06:00–18:00 toward Purabaya), Bunder/Gresik Rp70,000, Kertajaya/Mojokerto Rp75,000. Confirm the DAMRI app — late international banks (Greater Bay HKG arrives ~22:00; China Southern SZX return departs 22:30) miss T2 DAMRI. Grab/Gojek from signed pickup; official taxi counters in arrivals. Official parking (juanda-airport.com): cars Rp12,000 first hour, Rp5,000 each extra hour through 5h, Rp35,000 for 5–12h, overnight Rp125,000; cashless.
Live Priority Pass (29 Sep 2026): Blue Sky Premier T1 domestic near Gate 1 (05:00–20:00, max 3h) + Blue Sky Premier T2 international between Gates 3–4 (02:00–20:00, max 3h; Airport Dimensions, LoungeKey and walk-up IDR 330,000) + Concordia Premier T2 after Burger King toward Gate 7 (05:00–19:00, showers on the Amex directory). Do not tag DragonPass — no live DragonPass airport page. Evening HKG/SZX banks outlast both T2 PP rooms.

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