Malaysia flag Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)

Country Malaysia | Asia | Regional Airport | IATA: BKI | ICAO: WBKK | Elevation 10 ft · 3 m | Local time —

Destinations
31
Flights / day
100
Busiest route
Kuala Lumpur
Top airline
AirAsia

Kota Kinabalu Airport averages 100 flights per day to 31 destinations, with 13 domestic routes and 18 international routes. A total of 20 airlines operate at BKI, led by AirAsia. This airport provides direct service to 11 countries across one continent, with China representing its largest international market. The longest nonstop route from Kota Kinabalu connects to Beijing, with a typical flight time of 5 hr 40 mins. Updated: October 14, 2026

Route Network

Kota Kinabalu Airport connects 31 destinations worldwide, with Kuala Lumpur standing out as its busiest route. The longest nonstop flight is to Beijing, and the shortest flight is to Bandar Seri Begawan.

Malaysia flag Kuala Lumpur (KUL) – Malaysia 5 airlines
3 hr 25 mins
1,012 mi · 1,629 km
26
per day
Malaysia flag Tawau (TWU) – Malaysia 3 airlines
—
BKI → TWU
9
per day
Malaysia flag Lahad Datu (LDU) – Malaysia 2 airlines
—
BKI → LDU
9
per day
Malaysia flag Labuan (LBU) – Malaysia 2 airlines
—
BKI → LBU
8
per day
Malaysia flag Sandakan (SDK) – Malaysia 1 airline
—
BKI → SDK
6
per day
Malaysia flag Kuching (KCH) – Malaysia 1 airline
2 hr 20 mins
499 mi · 803 km
5
per day
China flag Shanghai (PVG) – China 3 airlines
4 hr 35 mins
1,781 mi · 2,866 km
5
per day
Hong Kong flag Hong Kong (HKG) – Hong Kong 3 airlines
3 hr 25 mins
1,140 mi · 1,835 km
4
per day
China flag Guangzhou (CAN) – China 2 airlines
3 hr 35 mins
1,220 mi · 1,963 km
3
per day
South Korea flag Seoul (ICN) – South Korea 3 airlines
5 hr 30 mins
2,275 mi · 3,661 km
3
per day
Malaysia flag Miri (MYY) – Malaysia 2 airlines
1 hr 35 mins
181 mi · 291 km
2
per day
Malaysia flag Mulu (MZV) – Malaysia 2 airlines
—
BKI → MZV
2
per day
Malaysia flag Senai (JHB) – Malaysia 1 airline
3 hr 10 mins
904 mi · 1,454 km
2
per day
Malaysia flag Penang (PEN) – Malaysia 1 airline
3 hr 35 mins
1,086 mi · 1,747 km
2
per day
Singapore flag Singapore (SIN) – Singapore 1 airline
3 hr 10 mins
890 mi · 1,432 km
2
per day
Brunei Darussalam flag Bandar Seri Begawan (BWN) – Brunei Darussalam 1 airline
1 hr 20 mins
103 mi · 166 km
2
per day
China flag Beijing (PKX) – China 1 airline
5 hr 40 mins
2,320 mi · 3,733 km
1
per day
China flag Hangzhou (HGH) – China 1 airline
4 hr 25 mins
1,702 mi · 2,740 km
1
per day
China flag Shenzhen (SZX) – China 1 airline
3 hr 30 mins
1,164 mi · 1,873 km
1
per day
Malaysia flag Subang (SZB) – Malaysia 1 airline
3 hr 25 mins
1,017 mi · 1,637 km
1
per day
Taiwan flag Taipei (TPE) – Taiwan 1 airline
3 hr 45 mins
1,366 mi · 2,199 km
1
per day
Macao flag Macau (MFM) – Macao 1 airline
3 hr 25 mins
1,132 mi · 1,822 km
6
per week
China flag Fuzhou (FOC) – China 1 airline
3 hr 50 mins
1,402 mi · 2,257 km
5
per week
China flag Xiamen (XMN) – China 1 airline
3 hr 40 mins
1,293 mi · 2,081 km
5
per week
China flag Chongqing (CKG) – China 1 airline
4 hr 40 mins
1,754 mi · 2,822 km
4
per week
Philippines flag Manila (MNL) – Philippines 1 airline
2 hr 20 mins
682 mi · 1,097 km
4
per week
Indonesia flag Jakarta (CGK) – Indonesia 1 airline
3 hr 25 mins
1,056 mi · 1,699 km
3
per week
Malaysia flag Limbang (LMN) – Malaysia 1 airline
—
BKI → LMN
3
per week
Malaysia flag Lawas (LWY) – Malaysia 1 airline
—
BKI → LWY
2
per week
Viet Nam flag Da Nang (DAD) – Viet Nam 1 airline
3 hr 0 mins
878 mi · 1,413 km
1
per week
China flag Haikou (HAK) – China 1 airline
3 hr 20 mins
1,037 mi · 1,670 km
1
per week

Route and destination data updated October 14, 2026.

Kota Kinabalu Airport is served by 20 airlines, with AirAsia in the lead at 31% of routes. The top three carriers together cover 50% of routes. 12 carriers operate only one route each. A total of 17 airlines operate international routes, compared with seven airlines serving domestic routes. AirAsia is operating the longest nonstop flight, connecting to Beijing with a flight time of 5 hrs 40 mins.

AirAsia (15 routes)
MASwings (6 routes)
Malaysia Airlines (3 routes)
Malindo Air (3 routes)
BNE (3 routes)
KXP (2 routes)
Raya Airways (2 routes)
Xiamen Airlines (2 routes)
Shanghai Airlines (1 routes)
Spring Airlines (1 routes)
Hong Kong Express (1 routes)
China Southern Airlines (1 routes)
Jeju Air (1 routes)
Jin Air (1 routes)
Scoot (1 routes)
Royal Brunei Airlines (1 routes)
Chongqing Airlines (1 routes)
Philippines AirAsia (1 routes)
Indonesia AirAsia (1 routes)
9 Air Co (1 routes)

Kota Kinabalu Airport provides direct service to 11 countries across one continent. The route network is 42% domestic and 58% international. China is the primary international destination.

Malaysia - 73/day
China - 14/day
Hong Kong - 4/day
South Korea - 3/day
Singapore - 2/day
Brunei Darussalam - 2/day
Taiwan - 1/day
Macao - 1/day
Philippines - 1/day
Indonesia - 0/day
Viet Nam - 0/day

Delays

Worst Delays · Most Punctual · Most Cancellations · Live Delays
Global  Delays
Delay Performance (24 hour average)
Departures
2 min late
2 min (-56.1%) vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Arrivals
on-time
1 min (-285.5%) vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (24 hour total)

Oct 20

2026

11:00 - 12:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

10:00 - 11:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

09:00 - 10:00

Departure
5 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

07:00 - 08:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

06:00 - 07:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

05:00 - 06:00

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

04:00 - 05:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

03:00 - 04:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

02:00 - 03:00

Departure
1 min early
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

01:00 - 02:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

00:00 - 01:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

23:00 - 00:00

Departure
3 min early
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

22:00 - 23:00

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

21:00 - 22:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

20:00 - 21:00

Departure
—
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

19:00 - 20:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

18:00 - 19:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

17:00 - 18:00

Departure
3 min early
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

16:00 - 17:00

Departure
11 min late
Arrival
3 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

15:00 - 16:00

Departure
17 min late
Arrival
5 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

14:00 - 15:00

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

13:00 - 14:00

Departure
11 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (7 day average)
Departures
2 min late
0 min vs last week
7d trend
Arrivals
on-time
0 min vs last week
7d trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (7 day total)

Oct 19

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 16

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 15

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 14

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 13

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (30 day average)
Departures
3 min late
1 min (-15%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Arrivals
on-time
min (-228.1%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Cancelled Departures
7 flights (30 day total)

Oct 19

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 16

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 15

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 14

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 13

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 12

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 11

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 10

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 9

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 8

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
2

Oct 7

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 6

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 5

2026

Departure
6 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 4

2026

Departure
5 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 3

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 2

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 1

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 30

2026

Departure
5 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 29

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 28

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 27

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 26

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 25

2026

Departure
7 min late
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 24

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 23

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 22

2026

Departure
11 min late
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 21

2026

Departure
5 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
3

Sep 20

2026

Departure
7 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
2

Global Rankings

Worldwide Position

Flights per day

#280 (100 flights/day)
Top 100 Busiest Airports in the World
Worldwide Position

Most destinations

#563 (31 destinations)
Top 100 Airports with Most Destinations

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
9,843 ft 3,000 m 150 ft 46 m Asphalt
9,843 ft 3,000 m 150 ft 46 m Asphalt

Runway Length

23 aircraft cannot operate at Kota Kinabalu Airport due to runway length constraints. The airport’s longest runway is 9,843 ft (3,000 m), which is below the typical takeoff or landing distance required by the aircraft listed here.

Aircraft Takeoff Landing
Airbus A380 Cargo 9,875 ft 3,010 m 6,594 ft 2,010 m
Boeing YAL-1 9,902 ft 3,018 m 7,546 ft 2,300 m
Douglas DC-8 10,000 ft 3,048 m 6,499 ft 1,981 m
Boeing 707 10,000 ft 3,048 m 6,234 ft 1,900 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73 10,007 ft 3,050 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 10,007 ft 3,050 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
Airbus A340 Private Jet 10,256 ft 3,126 m 8,999 ft 2,743 m
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 10,299 ft 3,139 m 6,949 ft 2,118 m
Airbus A340-600 10,302 ft 3,140 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
Boeing BBJ 787-9 10,397 ft 3,169 m 5,699 ft 1,737 m
VC-25A Air Force One 10,466 ft 3,190 m 7,999 ft 2,438 m
Boeing 747-8 10,466 ft 3,190 m 8,793 ft 2,680 m
Airbus A340-500 10,499 ft 3,200 m 6,299 ft 1,920 m
Boeing 747-200 10,499 ft 3,200 m 6,234 ft 1,900 m
Boeing 777-300 10,597 ft 3,230 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
Boeing 747-100 10,650 ft 3,246 m 6,168 ft 1,880 m
Boeing 747-8 VIP / BBJ 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-8 Freighter 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-300 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,919 ft 2,109 m
Boeing 747-400F 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,890 ft 2,100 m
Boeing 747-400ER 10,892 ft 3,320 m 7,136 ft 2,175 m
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 11,250 ft 3,429 m 7,218 ft 2,200 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71 11,499 ft 3,505 m 5,909 ft 1,801 m

Operational Context

Kota Kinabalu (IATA: BKI) operates around 100 flights per day to 31 nonstop destinations. Its network includes 13 domestic and 18 international routes, with AirAsia as the leading carrier and Kuala Lumpur currently the busiest connection. From BKI, passengers can reach 11 countries across 1 continent, and the longest runway measures 3,000 m (9,843 ft).

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