Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI)
A working profile of Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.
Quick facts
- Full name: Kota Kinabalu International Airport
- Serves: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
- Coordinates: 5.9372, 116.0510
- Elevation: 10 ft
- Time zone: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Kota Kinabalu International Airport sits inside the air network of Malaysia. It shows 52 distinct scheduled departures across 30 destinations and 18 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.
Destinations from BKI
Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HKG | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | BKI→HKG | 5 |
| SIN | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | BKI→SIN | 4 |
| ICN | Incheon International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | BKI→ICN | 4 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | BKI→KUL | 3 |
| MNL | Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Manila | Philippines | BKI→MNL | 2 |
| PVG | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Shanghai | China | BKI→PVG | 2 |
| KCH | Kuching International Airport | Kuching | Malaysia | BKI→KCH | 2 |
| MYY | Miri Airport | Miri | Malaysia | BKI→MYY | 2 |
| SDK | Sandakan Airport | Sandakan | Malaysia | BKI→SDK | 2 |
| SZX | Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport | Shenzhen | China | BKI→SZX | 2 |
| TPE | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Taipei | Taiwan | BKI→TPE | 2 |
| TWU | Tawau Airport | Tawau | Malaysia | BKI→TWU | 2 |
| BWN | Brunei International Airport | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | BKI→BWN | 2 |
| NRT | Narita International Airport | Tokyo | Japan | BKI→NRT | 2 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | BKI→CAN | 1 |
| CGK | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | Jakarta | Indonesia | BKI→CGK | 1 |
| HGH | Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport | Hangzhou | China | BKI→HGH | 1 |
| JHB | Senai International Airport | Johor Bahru | Malaysia | BKI→JHB | 1 |
| KBR | Sultan Ismail Petra Airport | Kota Bahru | Malaysia | BKI→KBR | 1 |
| PEN | Penang International Airport | Penang | Malaysia | BKI→PEN | 1 |
| BTU | Bintulu Airport | Bintulu | Malaysia | BKI→BTU | 1 |
| KUD | Kudat Airport | Kudat | Malaysia | BKI→KUD | 1 |
| LBU | Labuan Airport | Labuan | Malaysia | BKI→LBU | 1 |
| LDU | Lahad Datu Airport | Lahad Datu | Malaysia | BKI→LDU | 1 |
| LWY | Lawas Airport | Lawas | Malaysia | BKI→LWY | 1 |
| MZV | Mulu Airport | Mulu | Malaysia | BKI→MZV | 1 |
| PER | Perth International Airport | Perth | Australia | BKI→PER | 1 |
| PPS | Puerto Princesa Airport | Puerto Princesa | Philippines | BKI→PPS | 1 |
| SBW | Sibu Airport | Sibu | Malaysia | BKI→SBW | 1 |
| DPS | Ngurah Rai (Bali) International Airport | Denpasar | Indonesia | BKI→DPS | 1 |
Airlines operating at BKI
Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes from BKI |
|---|---|---|---|
| MH | Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia | 21 |
| AK | AirAsia | Malaysia | 15 |
| 5J | Cebu Pacific | Philippines | 1 |
| 9C | China SSS | China | 1 |
| BI | Royal Brunei Airlines | Brunei | 1 |
| CX | Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong SAR of China | 1 |
| CZ | China Southern Airlines | China | 1 |
| JL | Japan Airlines Domestic | Japan | 1 |
| KA | Dragonair | DRAGON | 1 |
| KE | Korean Air | Republic of Korea | 1 |
| MI | SilkAir | Singapore | 1 |
| OD | Malindo Air | Malaysia | 1 |
| OZ | Asiana Airlines | Republic of Korea | 1 |
| QZ | Indonesia AirAsia | Indonesia | 1 |
| SQ | Singapore Airlines Cargo | Singapore | 1 |
| UO | Hong Kong Express Airways | Hong Kong SAR of China | 1 |
| Z2 | Zest Air | Philippines | 1 |
| ZE | Eastar Jet | South Korea | 1 |
Inbound origin airports
Where flights into BKI typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HKG | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 5 |
| SIN | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | 4 |
| ICN | Incheon International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | 4 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 3 |
| MNL | Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Manila | Philippines | 2 |
| PVG | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Shanghai | China | 2 |
| KCH | Kuching International Airport | Kuching | Malaysia | 2 |
| MYY | Miri Airport | Miri | Malaysia | 2 |
| SDK | Sandakan Airport | Sandakan | Malaysia | 2 |
| SZX | Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport | Shenzhen | China | 2 |
| TPE | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Taipei | Taiwan | 2 |
| TWU | Tawau Airport | Tawau | Malaysia | 2 |
| BWN | Brunei International Airport | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | 2 |
| NRT | Narita International Airport | Tokyo | Japan | 2 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | 1 |
| CGK | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | Jakarta | Indonesia | 1 |
| HGH | Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport | Hangzhou | China | 1 |
| JHB | Senai International Airport | Johor Bahru | Malaysia | 1 |
| KBR | Sultan Ismail Petra Airport | Kota Bahru | Malaysia | 1 |
| PEN | Penang International Airport | Penang | Malaysia | 1 |
| BTU | Bintulu Airport | Bintulu | Malaysia | 1 |
| KUD | Kudat Airport | Kudat | Malaysia | 1 |
| LBU | Labuan Airport | Labuan | Malaysia | 1 |
| LDU | Lahad Datu Airport | Lahad Datu | Malaysia | 1 |
| LWY | Lawas Airport | Lawas | Malaysia | 1 |
| MZV | Mulu Airport | Mulu | Malaysia | 1 |
| PER | Perth International Airport | Perth | Australia | 1 |
| PPS | Puerto Princesa Airport | Puerto Princesa | Philippines | 1 |
| SBW | Sibu Airport | Sibu | Malaysia | 1 |
| DPS | Ngurah Rai (Bali) International Airport | Denpasar | Indonesia | 1 |
How to read this page
The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from BKI on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list BKI to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.
The airline list shows which carriers treat BKI as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.