Kota Kinabalu is the second largest airport in Malaysia, serving not only the conurbation of the 8 km distant city of the same name, but mostly the entire western part of the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.
Travellers can use the airport when travelling to Mount Kinabalu or to the more distant orangutan centre of Sepilok.
Most flights to Kota Kinabalu can be purchased on the website of low-cost airline airasia.com, which flies direct from Kuala Lumpur (very frequent service) and other Malaysian cities on the mainland and Borneo.
AirAsia also operates low-cost international flights to many cities in Singapore, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam.
The busiest route is to Kuala Lumpur, where Malaysia Airlines, Firefly and Batik Air fly in addition to AirAsia.
Direct international flights to Kota Kinabalu are operated by many airlines, mainly from the South East and East Asia region.
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