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Find cheap flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu from $101

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Penang to Kota Kinabalu departing on 4/16. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap flight deals from Penang to Kota Kinabalu

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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10:15 am - 1:05 pmPEN-BKI
2h 50mnonstop
7:10 am - 9:50 amBKI-PEN
2h 40mnonstop
$106AirAsia
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Mon, Sep 16 - Fri, Sep 20
3:30 pm - 10:40 pmPEN-BKI
7h 10m1 stop
9:50 am - 10:05 pmBKI-PEN
12h 15m1 stop
$112Malaysia Airlines
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Fri, Aug 16 - Sat, Aug 17
3:30 pm - 10:40 pmPEN-BKI
7h 10m1 stop
10:25 am - 1:15 pmBKI-PEN
2h 50mnonstop
$117Malaysia Airlines
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Fri, Aug 16 - Sat, Aug 17
4:00 pm - 6:50 pmPEN-BKI
2h 50mnonstop
9:10 pm - 12:00 amBKI-PEN
2h 50mnonstop
$127Malaysia Airlines
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Fri, Aug 16 - Sat, Aug 17
7:45 am - 2:15 pmPEN-BKI
6h 30m1 stop
5:45 pm - 12:35 amBKI-PEN
6h 50m1 stop
$150Malaysia Airlines
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Mon, Sep 16 - Fri, Sep 20
7:05 am - 9:55 amPEN-BKI
2h 50mnonstop
9:10 pm - 12:00 amBKI-PEN
2h 50mnonstop
$228Malaysia Airlines
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Mon, Apr 15 - Fri, Apr 19
6:35 am - 11:55 amPEN-BKI
5h 20m1 stop
9:10 pm - 12:00 amBKI-PEN
2h 50mnonstop
$232Malaysia Airlines
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Mon, Apr 15 - Fri, Apr 19
6:55 pm - 12:40 amPEN-BKI
5h 45m1 stop
11:20 am - 8:35 pmBKI-PEN
9h 15m2 stops
$256Malaysia Airlines
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Mon, Sep 16 - Fri, Sep 20
6:35 am - 11:55 amPEN-BKI
5h 20m1 stop
9:50 am - 2:55 pmBKI-PEN
5h 05m1 stop
$301Malaysia Airlines
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Mon, Apr 15 - Fri, Apr 19
1:05 pm - 11:40 pmPEN-BKI
10h 35m2 stops
11:20 am - 8:35 pmBKI-PEN
9h 15m2 stops
$371Malaysia Airlines
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Mon, Sep 16 - Fri, Sep 20

Flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

The average price of all flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Penang to Kota Kinabalu, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Kota Kinabalu, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Tuesday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu is January, where tickets cost $75 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and April, where the average cost of tickets is $123 and $121 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Penang to Kota Kinabalu, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 81 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets to Kota Kinabalu from Penang were found on Malaysia Airlines ($101) and Singapore Airlines ($260), and the lowest round-trip tickets were found on AirAsia ($106) and Malaysia Airlines ($112).

Which airlines fly non-stop between Penang and Kota Kinabalu?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu.
There are 2 airlines that fly nonstop from Penang to Kota Kinabalu. They are AirAsia and Firefly. The cheapest airline for this route is Firefly, with the best one-way deal found costing $66. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at AirAsia.

How many flights are there between Penang and Kota Kinabalu per day?

Each day, there are between 3 and 4 nonstop flights that take off from Penang and land in Kota Kinabalu, with an average flight time of 2h 50m. The most common departure time is 5:00 pm and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 22 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Sunday, when 18% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Saturday.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Penang and Kota Kinabalu?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

How long does a flight from Penang to Kota Kinabalu take?

Nonstop flights from Penang generally make it to Kota Kinabalu in 2h 50m. The flying distance between the two cities is 1,085 miles.

What’s the earliest departure time from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Penang at 7:05 am and will be landing in Kota Kinabalu at 9:55 am.

What’s the latest departure time from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Penang to Kota Kinabalu jets off at 5:20 pm and lands at 8:10 pm.

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Low season

April

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$101
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 23% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 14% increase in price.
Flight from Penang to Kota Kinabalu

When to book flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Penang to Kota Kinabalu based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu

  • What is the cheapest flight from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Penang to Kota Kinabalu was $101 for a one-way ticket and $106 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Penang and Kota Kinabalu?

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

    The Boeing 737-800 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Penang to Kota Kinabalu flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Penang and Kota Kinabalu.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

    There are nonstop flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Airlines or AirAsia?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu are Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia. With an average price for the route of $134 and an overall rating of 7.4, Malaysia Airlines is the most popular choice. AirAsia is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $83 and an overall rating of 6.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Penang to 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 Penang to Kota Kinabalu.

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

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

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

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Kota Kinabalu with an airline and back to Penang with another airline. Booking your flights between Penang and BKI can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $52 or less one-way and $81 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly non-stop from Penang to Kota Kinabalu?

Find which airlines fly direct from Penang Intl to Kota Kinabalu, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

Penang Intl to Kota Kinabalu

Monday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Tuesday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Wednesday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Thursday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Friday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Saturday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Sunday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

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Nonstop returns

Kota Kinabalu to Penang Intl

Monday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Tuesday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Wednesday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Thursday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Friday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Saturday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

Sunday

AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines

AirAsia, Firefly, +1 more

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Top 3 airlines serving from Penang to Kota Kinabalu

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Penang to Kota Kinabalu? 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 KAYAK reviews.
7.9
FireflyOverall score based on 23 reviews
65entertainment
79comfort
79overall
73boarding
80crew
69food
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.

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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.

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.

My experience with the flight was okay. My experience checking in was absolutely terrible. I was told I needed to change my e-ticket number to check in because I missed my flight in PDX. Even when shown the itinerary, they didn't budge and sent me to KLM across the airport. KLM wasn't open until 8pm and my flight was at 7:30pm. Nobody made accommodations in any way to get me to KUL. To add insult to injury, they rescheduled my flight to the very next day, creating a very long layover and did not offer any hotel stay. After this, even worse, I found out later they delayed the first 7:30pm flight to 9:10pm. Meaning, I could have still boarded but they refused to even try to get me on the plane. As a result, I missed a day of work and lost pay for the day. Also, when I went to get my luggage, it wasn't there. It was STILL in Singapore. They had from 5:30pm to 5am to get my luggage onto the plane and they still couldn't get that right. This is the worst experience I've had flying anywhere in the past decade I've been travelling.

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

No recognition for one World Emerald member. I got row 1 in business class and it was pathetic. No leg space, cramped space, less recline

Legs space in the business class cabin is too small and pillow is dirty!

Flight from Shanghai to Kuala Luumpur delay byy 3.5hrs with no real explanation.

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’

By the time the “sell “ cart came around to row 17 they were out of several items. This happened both leaving and arriving in Kuala Lumpur. Poor planning.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Penang to Kota Kinabalu found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
4/16Tue
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
11h 20mPEN-BKI
$101
4/16Tue
nonstopMalaysia Airlines
2h 50mPEN-BKI
$102
4/18Thu
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
17h 00mPEN-BKI
$103
4/12Fri
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
5h 05mPEN-BKI
$130
4/13Sat
1 stopMalaysia Airlines
13h 30mPEN-BKI
$165
4/14Sun
nonstopMalaysia Airlines
2h 50mPEN-BKI
$238
4/8Mon
2 stopsMalaysia Airlines
7h 10mPEN-BKI
$249
4/14Sun
1 stopSingapore Airlines
23h 35mPEN-BKI
$260
4/7Sun
2 stopsMalaysia Airlines
8h 55mPEN-BKI
$380

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Last minute flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Penang to Kota Kinabalu that are departing in the next 10 days.
4/1Mon
nonstopMalaysia Airlines
2h 50mPEN-BKI
4/5Fri
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
5h 05mBKI-PEN
$441
4/1Mon
nonstopMalaysia Airlines
2h 50mPEN-BKI
4/5Fri
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
6h 50mBKI-PEN
$507
4/1Mon
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
5h 20mPEN-BKI
4/5Fri
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
5h 40mBKI-PEN
$518
4/1Mon
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
5h 20mPEN-BKI
4/5Fri
multi-stopMalaysia Airlines
6h 50mBKI-PEN
$555

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Penang - Kota Kinabalu Flights

Departure:

Penang (PEN)Malaysia

Destination:

Kota Kinabalu (BKI)Malaysia

Return flight deals:

Kota Kinabalu - Penang

Cabin classes:

$72

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