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Find deals on flights from Kota Kinabalu from RM 123

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Flights from Kota Kinabalu - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Kota Kinabalu to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

Which are the most popular places to fly to from Kota Kinabalu?

The domestic destinations KAYAK users have most searched for when searching for flights from Kota Kinabalu.
Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular place to fly from Kota Kinabalu is Kuala Lumpur (64% of total searches). The next most popular destinations are Penang Intl (8%) and Kuching (7%).

What are the most popular international flights out of Kota Kinabalu?

The international destinations KAYAK users have most searched for when searching for flights from Kota Kinabalu.
There are many international destinations you can fly to from Kota Kinabalu. The most popular international destinations among KAYAK users are Shanghai, Taipei City and Sapporo.

What are the most popular countries to fly to from Kota Kinabalu?

The most popular countries KAYAK users have searched for from Kota Kinabalu along with the average price for the route clicked by KAYAK users in the last 2 weeks.
Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most countries to fly to from Kota Kinabalu is Malaysia (87% of total searches). The next most popular destinations are China (4%) and South Korea (3%).

Which cities can I fly to direct from Kota Kinabalu?

There are loads of places you can fly direct to from Kota Kinabalu. The most popular destinations for direct flights among KAYAK users are Kuching, Bintulu, Tawau, Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru. On average, the cheapest of these destinations on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks for a return flight was Bintulu at RM 122, while the most expensive was Johor Bahru, at RM 277.

Which international cities can I fly to direct from Kota Kinabalu?

There are many international destinations you can fly to direct from Kota Kinabalu. The most popular international destinations from KAYAK users are Shanghai, Taipei City, Manila, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. On average, the cheapest of these destinations on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks for a return flight was Jakarta at RM 260, while the most expensive was Shanghai, at RM 821.

What is the longest direct flight from Kota Kinabalu?

The longest direct flight you can take from Kota Kinabalu is to Tokyo, with a duration of 5h 30m. The next longest is Beijing at 5h 25m, followed by a flight to Seoul at 5h 15m.

Good to know

Low season

April

High season

November

Cheapest flight

RM 123
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 9% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 13% lower on average.
Flight from Kota Kinabalu to Kuching

FAQs for booking flights out of Kota Kinabalu

  • What is Kota Kinabalu also known as?

    Kota Kinabalu Airport’s airport code is BKI. It can also be referred to as Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Kota Kinabalu?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Kota Kinabalu.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Kota Kinabalu?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Kota Kinabalu is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Kota Kinabalu?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to your destination with an airline and back to Kota Kinabalu with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Kota Kinabalu?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Kota Kinabalu up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight out of Kota Kinabalu

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Kota Kinabalu to the following destinations at these prices or less: Incheon RM 556 one-way - RM 893 round-trip; Kuala Lumpur RM 203 one-way - RM 331 round-trip; Shanghai RM 920 one-way - RM 1,596 round-trip
  • Morning departure is around 17% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from Kota Kinabalu to Anywhere

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Kota Kinabalu to Anywhere? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.9
FireflyOverall score based on 24 reviews
6.3Entertainment
8.0Crew
7.9Comfort
7.0Food
7.4Boarding
Airline reviews

Delayed 7 hours plus. Given $15 worth of meal at Subway but it was actually we can only choose 1 set meal instead of $15 of anything. The staff at subway weren’t happy to serve huge group of us. No detailed explanation given by the airline and we just have to keep looking for information at the departure tv screen.

2.0 MediocreDave, Jan 2024SIN - PEN
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Delayed 7 hours plus. Given $15 worth of meal at Subway but it was actually we can only choose 1 set meal instead of $15 of anything. The staff at subway weren’t happy to serve huge group of us. No detailed explanation given by the airline and we just have to keep looking for information at the departure tv screen.

Was all very easy, from buying the ticket online to walking stratup to the check-in desk, helpful and friendly checkin staff, punctual take off, good standard of aircraft, luggage was waiting by the time I had cleared immigration. Thumbs up all round.

No frills, basic flight in a puddle jumper. I wasn’t expecting refreshments nor entertainment. Everything was efficient, and everyone was pleasant.

The only problem was that I bought ticket on a third party app but I have to pay extra luggage cost, because of in their system different from my bought ticket. Every other was perfect

I don’t like the sour face of the check in staff at Penang international airport, front desk service provider should be more friendly n smiles always 😊

It was delayed for more than 1 hour due to LIMA when many planes landed & took-off at the same time. It could ve been better if the pilot or crew informed us every few minutes so that we know what’s going on.

An overnight Doha to KL. Great sleep, good service and tasty food in business class

chaos boarding. Crew in business class seemed short staffed and lacking in attention to details initially, but did improve during flight.

The cabin was quite noisy as there were lots of children travelling for the school holidays. Found the selection of movies limited.

Delayed, not enough information. Had to ask for refreshments, crew could have been more proactive

The best so far coz this time it was all male steward on the economy cluster. They were polite, efficient & genuinely courteous. They do not judge you when you ask for more food & peanuts.

Delayed for 45 minutes. Don't know what's the issue. Other than that, food was not to my satisfaction. However it's okay.

My first course flight (Aor-Kul) was cancelled in the morning, and they asked me to board the night flight hence I need to transit overnight for the 2nd flight (Kul-Myy) that supposed to be on the same day. The overnight stay was not provided, (I'm traveling with my spouse, a daughter (5 y.o.) and an infant (2 months old). Hence I booked Sama Sama Hotel at my own expense (fortunately using my enrich miles points). Other than this issue, all services is good.

Orange juice change to mineral water . Should keep the orange juice.

Entertainment system was too old, crew were unorganised during boarding

No recognition for one World Emerald member. Business class seat has flat bed

The flight delay... but bus from the airport be on time

Bad experience, delay like no tomorrow. Original schedule departure time at 9:30pm, delayed until 12:05am only depart.

Great. Very satisfied with a direct flight from Penang back to HK international. Stewards in the cabin were very friendly and helpful. Would not hesitate to fly with Air Asia in the future.

Second time flying on AirAsia. They’re fine for a low cost carrier, so I don’t expect high level hospitality. They could have informed us that the flight would be delayed even if by a few minutes, instead of the passengers asking the gate agents why we’re not boarding 8 minutes before takeoff. And given some of the passengers on this particular flight were problematic, the crew did great handling such people.

Meh, it was AirAsia. It's not about a quality.

Great flight. Achieve my objecttive of travelling with less hassle .

They didn't have a single blanket for hire for a long haul overnight flight. This wasn't good enough even for a budget airline

Kayak shares with you the best price! and in my case it was Air Asia flight. Air Asia flight was on time, the boarding was seamless with FACES technology at KLIA2 and the pilot made a great smooth landing upon arrival. Excellent trip!

I left the city late and fortunately the flight was also delayed 50mins

Air Asia’s standard has dropped tremendously post pandemic. The whole organisation feels ‘soul-less’

6hrs fly they dont give you a glass of water from seoul to singapore need to buy drink and food plus they charge for bag on international fly is always Free 1 bag from seoul to singapore is Not a local fly you are traveling true asia same story from singapore to Bali no water drink after payment for bag drink cost more the regular airline Well never use this company again we use regular company like Delta korea japan China and even scoot parent company Singapore Air

We had 2 attempts to land at Singapore Changing during a thunderstorm. Everything was delayed by 1 hour plus.

Boarding was not accordingly after front seat, bmf then back seat. This delayed for at least 40mins or more. The staff at Jakarta can do better. Is chaos at the entry to board the plane. This tarnished Scoot reputation when everyone was talking about it.

The crew was not customer oriented at all, even confrontational . The aircraft needs more attention to detail as far as comfort, and the 1 hour sitting at the gate with no air is inexcusable

We flew on the 787 Dreamliner direct to main gate at KLIA2, quick entry via eGate and on the train 41mins after touchdown. Go well SCOOT

Was on scoot plus. The only good thing about the flight was the spacious seats. Tables and armrests were extremely dirty Food: bad Entertainment: non existent Wifi: unable to connect, then was painfully slow that we couldn’t even send messages Good thing we had a night flight, so we just slept throughout.

Not clear why boarding passes could only be issued at the counter and not through the kiosk. I had already check-in on the web, so waiting to obtain a boarding pass 1.5 hours before the actual flight defeats the purpose of early web check-in.

no charging point. food offering is limited and very much on the budget line. Overall is not satisfying for such a price and duration of flight.

We were delayed, but there was never any update given. Everyone was standing at the gate as boarding was supposed to commence at 13:10 for a 13:55 flight. We didn't actually start getting on the shuttles to the plane, until after 14:00. No updates, no information given at all.

Scoot refused to change my flight even though I had booked a flexible ticket. MyTrip wanted to charge me an extra $271 for a ticket that was only listed as $217. I complained about this to scoot and they didn't give a shite. So never again will you be getting money from me Scoot. You can Scoot off.

Worst airline ever. They didn’t let me board although I had a connecting flight boarding pass. The reason was “we don’t have an agreement with Bhutan airlines” the hell? How do you hand out boarding passes and let someone go through the airport to the gate and then say we can’t board and have to go back to security. Who can make that flight/time? Completely irresponsible in communicating this. I’ll never fly MYairline.

Can’t expect more than this from a budget airlines. Excellent value for money. Cheap and on time service. That’s what matters.

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Recent return flight deals

26/6Wed
direct
2h 35mBKI-KUL
1/7Mon
direct
2h 40mKUL-BKI
RM 332
5/6Wed
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2h 55mBKI-SDK
8/6Sat
direct
0h 50mSDK-BKI
RM 332
11/8Sun
directFirefly
2h 50mBKI-PEN
14/8Wed
directFirefly
2h 50mPEN-BKI
RM 336
5/7Fri
1 stopFirefly
16h 05mBKI-JHB
9/7Tue
1 stopFirefly
11h 10mJHB-BKI
RM 341
9/10Wed
directAirAsia
2h 40mBKI-PEN
14/10Mon
directAirAsia
2h 50mPEN-BKI
RM 346
3/6Mon
directAirAsia
2h 35mBKI-KUL
10/6Mon
directAirAsia
2h 40mKUL-BKI
RM 360
22/8Thu
directMalaysia Airlines
0h 55mBKI-LDU
24/8Sat
directMalaysia Airlines
0h 55mLDU-BKI
RM 403
26/9Thu
directMalaysia Airlines
1h 25mBKI-KCH
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directMalaysia Airlines
1h 30mKCH-BKI
RM 417
10/10Thu
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6h 15mBKI-PEN
14/10Mon
1 stopBatik Air
5h 40mPEN-BKI
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14h 50mPEN-BKI
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30/6Sun
directAirAsia
1h 25mBKI-KCH
RM 95
19/6Wed
directAirAsia
0h 55mBKI-TWU
RM 95
31/8Sat
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1h 25mBKI-KCH
RM 114
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0h 45mBKI-SDK
RM 142
17/6Mon
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0h 45mBKI-SDK
RM 147
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2h 40mBKI-KUL
RM 190
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RM 327
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6/5Mon
multi-stopAirAsia
5h 55mBKI-KUL
10/5Fri
directAirAsia
2h 35mKUL-BKI
RM 531
6/5Mon
multi-stop
11h 25mBKI-KUL
10/5Fri
direct
2h 40mKUL-BKI
RM 550
9/5Thu
multi-stopBatik Air
12h 05mBKI-KBR
11/5Sat
multi-stopBatik Air
14h 45mKBR-BKI
RM 649
9/5Thu
multi-stopBatik Air
12h 15mBKI-JHB
12/5Sun
multi-stopBatik Air
10h 10mJHB-BKI
RM 701
7/5Tue
directMalaysia Airlines
2h 40mBKI-KUL
12/5Sun
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
4h 20mKUL-BKI
RM 711
9/5Thu
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
11h 25mBKI-KUL
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multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
4h 20mKUL-BKI
RM 744
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multi-stopFirefly
7h 25mBKI-SZB
12/5Sun
multi-stopFirefly
14h 30mSZB-BKI
RM 948
9/5Thu
multi-stopFirefly
12h 50mBKI-SZB
12/5Sun
multi-stopFirefly
13h 30mSZB-BKI
RM 1,056
5/5Sun
multi-stopChina Southern
21h 40mBKI-KUL
8/5Wed
multi-stopChina Southern
16h 00mKUL-BKI
RM 17,462
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29h 50mBKI-KUL
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16h 00mKUL-BKI
RM 19,291

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RM 545
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2h 25mBKI-SIN
26/6Wed
directAirAsia
2h 35mSIN-BKI
RM 564
14/5Tue
multi-stopBatik Air
9h 15mBKI-DPS
21/5Tue
multi-stopBatik Air
8h 15mDPS-BKI
RM 886
10/10Thu
multi-stopBatik Air
9h 15mBKI-DPS
13/10Sun
multi-stopBatik Air
8h 45mDPS-BKI
RM 924
27/9Fri
directScoot
2h 30mBKI-SIN
30/9Mon
directScoot
2h 25mSIN-BKI
RM 1,023
27/9Fri
directScoot
2h 30mBKI-SIN
30/9Mon
directScoot
2h 25mSIN-BKI
RM 1,128
9/7Tue
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
13h 55mBKI-SIN
14/7Sun
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
5h 55mSIN-BKI
RM 1,308
15/6Sat
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
13h 40mBKI-SIN
20/6Thu
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
15h 30mSIN-BKI
RM 1,350
27/6Thu
multi-stopChina Southern
42h 05mBKI-SIN
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multi-stopChina Southern
14h 25mSIN-BKI
RM 18,637
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RM 175
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2h 25mBKI-SIN
RM 190
16/5Thu
directAirAsia
2h 25mBKI-SIN
RM 194
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directScoot
2h 30mBKI-SIN
RM 237
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9h 40mBKI-DPS
RM 393
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multi-stopBatik Air
9h 40mBKI-DPS
RM 407
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multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
8h 35mBKI-SIN
RM 796
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multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
11h 15mBKI-SIN
RM 1,327
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RM 1,587
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Flights from Kota Kinabalu to Anywhere

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Kota Kinabalu (BKI)Malaysia

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Anywhere - Kota Kinabalu

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