Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo flight

Flights from Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo start at €415.50 and take 9h 34m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo starts at €415.50 and takes 9h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 4,214 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 9h 34mDoor to door
  • 6h 24mMoving
  • €415.50 to €867.44From
  • 06:35 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 623.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€415.50 to €867.44 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

  1. about €867.44Tue15
  2. about €773.63Wed16
  3. about €831.45Thu17
  4. about €711.68Fri18
  5. about €633.21Sat19
  6. about €666.84Sun20
  7. about €525.83Mon21
  8. about €415.50Tue22
  9. about €433.79Wed23
  10. about €603.71Thu24
  11. about €496.92Fri25
  12. about €582.47Sat26
  13. about €591.91Sun27
  14. about €419.04Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€350.60
  1. AirAsia AA225307:303h 24m10:54Kota Kinabalu BKITaipei TSA
  2. EVA Air EV910211:493h 23m15:12Taipei TPETokyo HND

Changes at Taipei, with 55 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 52mCO2 1089.5 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€358.86
  1. Japan Airlines Domestic JA791406:356h 24m12:59Kota Kinabalu BKITokyo NRT

Door to door 9h 34mCO2 623.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€354.14
  1. Malaysia Airlines MA822407:305h 47m13:17Kota Kinabalu BKIOsaka ITM
  2. Central Japan Railway Company CJ841314:333h 3m17:36Ōsaka StationTokyo Station

Changes at Osaka, with 76 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 12h 3mCO2 587.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Japan Airlines Domestic€358.868h 51m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Japan Airlines Domestic

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A hotel room

A room in Tokyo for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €417.8690 days
  2. €335.2660 days
  3. €414.9145 days
  4. €338.2130 days
  5. €350.6021 days
  6. €419.0414 days
  7. €525.837 days
  8. €831.453 days
  9. €867.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €335.26.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €867.44, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €591.91Sun
  2. €419.04Mon
  3. €415.50Tue
  4. €433.79Wed
  5. €603.71Thu
  6. €496.92Fri
  7. €582.47Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kota Kinabalu

Air
  • BKI

Tokyo

Air
  • NRT
  • HND
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 4,214 km against 4,091 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 Taipei, Osaka, Busan, Manila. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kota Kinabalu at 06:35 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo take?

The Flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo takes 9h 34m door to door, of which 6h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 4,214 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 Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo cost?

The Flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo starts at €415.50 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €358.86. 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 Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo?

1 operators run the Flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo: Japan Airlines Domestic. Between them they file around 5 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 Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo use?

The Flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo leaves from Kota Kinabalu BKI and arrives at Tokyo NRT. 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 Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo?

Fares for the Flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €335.26. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo produce?

The Flight from Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo produces about 623.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 4214 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Kota Kinabalu to Tokyo on September 14, 2026: 4214 km of route against 4091 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €415.50, and 9h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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