There are 7 ways to get from California to Sabah by plane, car, or bus
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane SFO - BKI
21h 30mRM 1,245–3,355Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane LAX - BKI
22h 20mRM 1,231–3,252Fly San Francisco International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Lahad Datu Airport (LDU)plane SFO - LDU
26h 5mRM 1,345–3,555Fly San Francisco International Airport to Sandakan Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane SFO - SDK
26h 58mRM 1,269–3,485Fly San Francisco International Airport to Brunei International Airport, drive, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Brunei International Airport (BWN)plane SFO - BWN
- Drive from Brunei International Airport (BWN) to Limbangcar
- Take the bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalubus
29h 39mRM 2,210–5,680Fly San Francisco International Airport to Tawau Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane SFO - TWU
25h 37mRM 1,495–3,920Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Brunei International Airport, drive, bus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Brunei International Airport (BWN)plane LAX - BWN
- Drive from Brunei International Airport (BWN) to Limbangcar
- Take the bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalubus
28h 4mRM 2,096–5,677
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from California to Sabah is to fly which costs RM 1200 - RM 3300 and takes 22h 20m.
The fastest way to get from California to Sabah is to fly which takes 21h 30m and costs RM 1200 - RM 3400.
The distance between California and Sabah is 12320 km.
It takes approximately 21h 30m to get from California to Sabah, including transfers.
Sabah is 16h ahead of California. It is currently 10:18 PM in California and 2:18 PM in Sabah.
There are 1130+ hotels available in Sabah.
What companies run services between California, USA and Sabah, Malaysia?
Korean Air, Jin Air, and 12 other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) every 3 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–4,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–4,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Incheon, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Singapore Changi, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–11,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–3,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–4,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–3,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tawau Airport via Incheon, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tawau Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–3,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tawau Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–5,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tawau Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–3,900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tawau Airport via Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–6,000
- Website
- maswings.com.my
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Singapore Changi, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–11,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–5,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Incheon, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lahad Datu Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–4,800
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–5,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–4,700
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,900
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–10,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,400–14,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–13,000
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 47m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–7,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–5,500
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–8,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–7,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–7,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,100–3,800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,100–3,600
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–3,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,200–3,200
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,700
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,800
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,300–6,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–6,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,900
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–5,500
Bus operators
- Phone
- 088-751722
- sipitangexpress@yahoo.com.my
- Website
- easybook.com
Bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- RM 35–80
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
Bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- RM 35–80
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
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