Airport Kota Kinabalu

Airport Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu International Airport is one of the most important and one of the busiest airports in the Southeast Asian country Malaysia by annual traffic volume. It is located in the capital of the state of Sabah. Sabah is along with the other state, Sarawak, in the north-west of the Indonesian archipelago, Borneo (ind. Kalimantan).
  • URL: Kota Kinabalu (BKI)
  • Time zone: GMT 8
  • Service telephone: +60 88 238-555
  • Address: Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Locked Bag No. 134, 88740 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • Operating company: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
  • Parking: Yes; paid short and long-term parking
  • Nearby cities: Kota Kinabalu (5 km)
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.72%), Tuesday (13.23%), Wednesday (14.07%), Thursday (14.58%), Friday (14.98%), Saturday (13.76%), Sunday (14.66%)
  • Alternative spelling: Кота Кинабалу, Кота-Кінабалу, 亞庇, 亚庇, โกตากีนาบาลู

Most popular destinations from Kota Kinabalu (Flights per week )

  1. Kuala Lumpur-International Airport (174, 28,95 %)
  2. Tawau (42, 6,99 %)
  3. Lahad Datu (39, 6,49 %)
  4. Seoul-Incheon International Airport (36, 5,99 %)
  5. Kuching (36, 5,99 %)
  6. Labuan (28, 4,66 %)
  7. Penang International (25, 4,16 %)
  8. Manila-Ninoy Aquino Inernational (22, 3,66 %)
  9. Sandakan (21, 3,49 %)
  10. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (18, 3,00 %)
  11. other (26.62 %)

Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)

  1. AirAsia Berhad (494, 41,51 %)
  2. Malaysia Airlines (358, 30,08 %)
  3. Jin Air (64, 5,38 %)
  4. Jeju Air (64, 5,38 %)
  5. Philippines AirAsia (64, 5,38 %)
  6. Royal Brunei Airlines (36, 3,03 %)
  7. Firefly (32, 2,69 %)
  8. Air Busan (24, 2,02 %)
  9. CEBU Pacific Air (20, 1,68 %)
  10. Scoot (16, 1,34 %)
  11. other (1.51 %)

Location
The airport is about 8 km or 5 miles south of downtown, on Highway # 1 towards Kampung Mook. Between the airport and the Wawasan Plaza (shopping mall) in the south of the city, there is a shuttle bus during the day that operates at 60 minute intervals. The minibus 17 of KK-Putatan also stops at the nearby main road, this goes directly into the city. Alternatively, please take a taxi or rent a car.


Statistical weather data for Kota Kinabalu

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