There are 6 ways to get from Sabah to Istanbul by plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul
best- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Istanbul (IST)plane BKI - IST
15h 36m₺16,781–54,000Fly Sandakan Airport to Istanbul
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Istanbul (IST)plane SDK - IST
16h 9m₺22,391–75,447Fly Tawau Airport to Istanbul
- Fly from Tawau Airport (TWU) to Istanbul (IST)plane TWU - IST
17h 14m₺28,746–95,867Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BKI - SAW
16h 23m₺19,161–45,227Fly Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane SDK - SAW
23h 22m₺19,394–46,470Fly Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Tawau Airport (TWU) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane TWU - SAW
20h 26m₺23,749–65,890
Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sabah to Istanbul is to fly which costs 19.000 ₺ - 46.000 ₺ and takes 16h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Sabah to Istanbul is to fly which takes 15h 36m and costs 16.000 ₺ - 55.000 ₺.
The distance between Sabah and Istanbul is 9391 km.
It takes approximately 15h 36m to get from Sabah to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 5h behind Sabah. It is currently 2:27 AM in Sabah and 9:27 PM in Istanbul.
There are 4292+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Sabah, Malaysia and Istanbul, Turkey?
Malaysia Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Istanbul (IST) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺21,000–70,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺22,000–75,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺22,000–80,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺28,000–95,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺31,000–90,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–80,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–85,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺30,000–110,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺21,000–70,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺21,000–75,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺22,000–75,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺28,000–95,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺28,000–95,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺22,000–80,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺31,000–90,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺24,000–70,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Singapore Changi, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺24,000–70,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–85,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺30,000–110,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
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
- ₺19,000–46,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–80,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–46,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–85,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–46,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺25,000–60,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–65,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺30,000–110,000
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺21,000–70,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Bandar Seri Begawan, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺21,000–55,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺22,000–75,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺28,000–95,000
- Website
- airasiax.com
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
- ₺19,000–46,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–46,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–46,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺25,000–60,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺21,000–110,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺22,000–55,000
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