Short Stay Parking

IDR 3,000 buys you the first hour right next to Terminal 1

Short Stay Parking at Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto International sits directly beside Terminal 1, about a 5 minute walk from the doors to the farthest spaces. Local spotters mention the first hour runs around IDR 3,000, which lines up with how AAP prices quick stopovers heavily in your favor and pushes anything longer toward other options.

This lot is the textbook “drop-off, pick-up, then go” setup: short-stay only, next to the terminal, and geared toward visits under a couple of hours. Past that first IDR 3,000 hour, reports say the hourly rate climbs in small steps, so sitting here through a 3–4 hour delay quickly erodes the value compared with parking in town or arranging a ride from Samarinda.

For context, posted comparison pricing runs around $30 per day or $150 per week, which makes short-stay rates at AAP a bad deal once you edge toward overnight territory. Local aviation fans talk about using the lot for a fast handoff, then shifting the car to cheaper Samarinda street or off-airport parking if they plan to wait out a late evening arrival or a mid-day delay.

One quirk regulars flag: that “small increment” pattern after the first IDR 3,000 hour catches people who assume an extra 30–60 minutes is basically free. The jump from a 45-minute stop to a 2.5 hour wait is where your cost per hour starts to look worse than a taxi ride that runs you back to Samarinda and back again. Budget that into your plan if the incoming flight has a history of delays.

Tip: If the flight isn’t on the ground within 90 minutes of your arrival, move the car out of Short Stay and switch to street or off-airport parking to avoid creeping hourly charges.