There are 6 ways to get from Sabah to Istanbul by plane or bus
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Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul, bus
best- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Istanbul (IST)BKI - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Istanbul Otogari
16h 26m₺13,584–39,780Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)BKI - SAW
16h 23m₺12,514–35,574Fly Sandakan Airport to Istanbul, bus
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Istanbul (IST)SDK - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Istanbul Otogari
19h 10m₺14,394–55,532Fly Tawau Airport to Istanbul, bus
- Fly from Tawau Airport (TWU) to Istanbul (IST)TWU - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Istanbul Otogari
17h 49m₺15,699–49,892Fly Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)SDK - SAW
19h 36m₺14,277–41,333Fly Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Tawau Airport (TWU) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)TWU - SAW
18h 11m₺12,582–36,693
Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sabah to Istanbul is to fly which costs 12.000 ₺ - 36.000 ₺ and takes 16h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Sabah to Istanbul is to fly which takes 16h 23m and costs 12.000 ₺ - 36.000 ₺.
The distance between Sabah and Istanbul is 9394 km.
It takes approximately 16h 26m to get from Sabah to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 5h behind Sabah. It is currently 7:48 PM in Sabah and 2:48 PM in Istanbul.
There are 4544+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Sabah, Malaysia and Istanbul, Turkey?
AirAsia, AirAsia X, and five other airlines fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) 4 times a day.
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–50,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–60,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–65,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–50,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–60,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–55,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–50,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–60,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–50,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–49,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–65,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–60,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–55,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Singapore Changi, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–55,000
- Website
- airasiax.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–41,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–41,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–36,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–36,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–60,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–50,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–39,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–47,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–55,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Tehran Imam Khomeini
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–60,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Tehran Imam Khomeini
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–49,000
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Bandar Seri Begawan, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–40,000
- Website
- mahan.aero
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur, Tehran Imam Khomeini
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–55,000
- Website
- iraqiairways.com.iq
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Baghdad
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–55,000
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Istanbul Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺130–220
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
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