Banyuwangi International Airport
Banyuwangi International Airport , is an airport at Blimbingsari, which serves Banyuwangi city and surrounding area in East Java, Indonesia. The airport was formerly known as Blimbingsari Airport. It was opened for operations in December 2010. The airport is termed as the First Green Airport of Indonesia. The Airport is managed by PT Angkasa Pura II, after being handed over by the Ministry of Transportation on 22 December 2017.
In 2010 the airport only served 7,386 passengers, but in 2017 has served 140,683 passengers or increase by 1,700 percent in 7 years and increase again significantly to 307,157 passengers only in 10 months of 2018.
Development and extension
Construction was initiated in 2002, with vice president Hamzah Haz placing the cornerstone. Cases related to land acquisition resulted in two regents of Banyuwangi - Samsul Hadi and Ratna Ani Lestari being convicted of corruption.Originally the runway was only in length and could only accommodate small propeller-driven aircraft such as the Cessna 208, but in 2012 it was extended to to allow large turboprop airliners such as the Fokker 50 and ATR 72 to operate from the airport. In 2011 it served only 7,826 passengers, and in 2015 served more than 110,000 passengers. Another expansion and development program was undertaken to convert the airport as an international low Cost Carrier Airport. The constructions that has done at the airport includes,
- Extension of runway to accommodate Boeing 737-8 NG, 737-9 ER and Airbus 320,
- Extension of parking apron to 34,000m2 which can accommodate 9 narrow bodied aircraft,
- Extension and widening of runway to 2500x45m2,
- Expansion of parking area from to 5000m2 with capacity of 260 Vehicles), and
- Expansion of airport terminal to 20.000 square meters.
Terminal and runway
The Airport was designated as a buffer airport for I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport during 2018 IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting in Bali that was held in October 2018.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
| Rank | Destinations | Frequency | Airline |
| 1 | Jakarta, Tangerang | 35 | Batik Air, Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air |
| 2 | Surabaya, East Java | 28 | Citilink, Wings Air |
| 3 | Manado, North Sulawesi | 7 | Citilink |
| 4 | Denpasar, Bali | 7 | Citilink |
| 5 | Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan | 3 | Xpress Air |
| Rank | Destinations | Frequency | Airline |
| 1 |  Kuala Lumpur–International, Malaysia | 7 | Citilink |