Flights to Kota Kinabalu
54 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.
54 places connect to Kota Kinabalu by Flights, across 11 countries, run by 21 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €31.41. Origins run from 174 km away to 4,091 km, with a median of 1,642 km.
Arriving in Kota Kinabalu
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- 54Places you can arrive from
- 54Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 21Operators
The trip ends at Putatan railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A room in Kota Kinabalu for the night the flight gets in
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How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Flights, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 2 | 4% | Bandar Seri Begawan, 174 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 8 | 15% | Sandakan, 227 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 10 | 19% | Sibu, 624 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 34 | 63% | Kota Bharu, 1529 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
Countries with at least one route into Kota Kinabalu that we sell.
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 22 | 41% |
| China | 10 | 19% |
| Indonesia | 4 | 7% |
| South Korea | 4 | 7% |
| Japan | 3 | 6% |
| Brunei | 2 | 4% |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 2 | 4% |
| Philippines | 2 | 4% |
| Singapore | 2 | 4% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 4% |
| Macao SAR China | 1 | 2% |
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
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Stations, airports and ports in Kota Kinabalu
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Kota Kinabalu
- BKI
Leaving Kota Kinabalu
Common questions about Flights to Kota Kinabalu
Where can I travel to Kota Kinabalu by Flights from?
54 places connect to Kota Kinabalu by Flights on our network, across 11 countries. The nearest is 174 km away in a straight line and the furthest 4,091 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.
How much does the Flights to Kota Kinabalu cost?
The cheapest Flights fare into Kota Kinabalu is €31.41 for one passenger, across 54 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 1,642 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.
How long does the Flights to Kota Kinabalu take?
The fastest Flights journey into Kota Kinabalu is 3h 49m door to door. The median origin sits 1,642 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.
Which operators run the Flights to Kota Kinabalu?
21 operators run Flights services into Kota Kinabalu on our network: Air Busan, AirAsia, AirAsia X, Asiana Airlines, Batik Air Malaysia. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.
Which terminal does the Flights to Kota Kinabalu use?
Flights services into Kota Kinabalu use 1 named terminals, among them BKI. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.
Where these numbers come from
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
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Other ways to reach Kota Kinabalu
BKI is not in Kota Kinabalu, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from BKI into Kota Kinabalu
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kota Kinabalu costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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