Cheapest€142.33
- Malaysia Airlines MA339118:252h 59m21:24Kuala Lumpur KULSandakan SDK
Door to door 6h 9mCO2 467.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan flight
Flights from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan start at €142.33 and take 6h 1m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan starts at €142.33 and takes 6h 1m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,901 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 1mDoor to door
- 2h 51mMoving
- €180.68 to €347.65From
- 06:10 to 18:25First and last departure
- 9Per day
- 467.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€180.68 to €347.65 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €347.65Sat19
- about €328.18Sun20
- about €239.68Mon21
- about €222.57Tue22
- about €265.64Wed23
- about €305.17Thu24
- about €236.14Fri25
- about €244.99Sat26
- about €223.16Sun27
- about €187.76Mon28
- about €181.86Tue29
- about €191.89Wed30
- about €223.75Thu1
- about €180.68Fri2
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Fastest€177.73
- AirAsia AA975414:532h 51m17:44Kuala Lumpur KULSandakan SDK
Door to door 6h 1mCO2 467.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 AirAsia | €153.54 |
| Malaysia Airlines | €142.33 |
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When to book Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €194.8490 days
- €115.7860 days
- €129.3545 days
- €143.5130 days
- €173.0121 days
- €180.6814 days
- €236.147 days
- €239.683 days
- €347.651 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €115.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 200 percent. The dearest point is €347.65, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €223.16Sun
- €187.76Mon
- €181.86Tue
- €191.89Wed
- €223.75Thu
- €180.68Fri
- €244.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kuala Lumpur
Air
- KUL
Sandakan
Air
- SDK
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 89% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 11% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,901 km against 1,846 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kota Kinabalu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Kuala Lumpur at 06:10 and the last at 18:25, across 9 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan take?
The Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan takes 6h 1m door to door, of which 2h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 1,901 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan cost?
The Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan starts at €142.33 for one passenger, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare is €180.68. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan?
2 operators run the Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan: AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines. Between them they file around 9 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan use?
The Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan leaves from Kuala Lumpur KUL and arrives at Sandakan SDK. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan?
Fares for the Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €115.78. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 200 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan produce?
The Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan produces about 467.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1901 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan on 18 September 2026: 1901 km of route against 1846 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €142.33, and 6h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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