There are 8 ways to get from Sabah to Sumatra by plane, bus, ferry, busferry, or car
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Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport
best- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU)plane BKI - PKU
4h 20mRp 1,300,000–4,800,000Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Minangkabau International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Minangkabau International Airport (PDG)plane BKI - PDG
4h 35mRp 1,200,000–5,500,000Bus, ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from KK Sentral to Bandar Seri Begawanbus
- Take the bus from Bandar Seri Begawan to Pontianakbus
- Take the ferry from Pontianak to Tanjung Priokferry
- Take the busferry from DAMRI Bus Station Jakarta to Bandar Lampungbusferry
3d 5hRp 2,305,005–2,592,005Fly Sandakan Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU)plane SDK - PKU
4h 58mRp 1,604,077–5,623,001Fly Tawau Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport
- Fly from Tawau Airport (TWU) to Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU)plane TWU - PKU
5h 33mRp 1,624,281–5,765,059Fly Sandakan Airport to Minangkabau International Airport
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Minangkabau International Airport (PDG)plane SDK - PDG
7h 18mRp 1,804,077–6,123,001Fly Tawau Airport to Minangkabau International Airport
- Fly from Tawau Airport (TWU) to Minangkabau International Airport (PDG)plane TWU - PDG
5h 28mRp 1,724,281–5,765,059Bus, ferry, drive
- Take the bus from KK Sentral to Bandar Seri Begawanbus
- Take the bus from Bandar Seri Begawan to Pontianakbus
- Take the ferry from Pontianak to Belinyu Portferry
- Drive from Belinyu Port to Terminal Muntokcar
- Take the ferry from Terminal Muntok to Palembangferry
4d 10hRp 2,882,005–3,195,005
Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sabah to Sumatra is to bus and ferry and bus and ferry which costs Rp2300000 - Rp2600000 and takes 3 days 5h.
The fastest way to get from Sabah to Sumatra is to fly which takes 4h 20m and costs Rp1300000 - Rp4800000.
The distance between Sabah and Sumatra is 1731 km.
It takes approximately 4h 20m to fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU), including transfers and time at the airport.
There is no direct flight from Kota Kinabalu Airport Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 4h 20m and has one stopover.
Sumatra is 1h behind Sabah. It is currently 6:41 PM in Sabah and 5:41 PM in Sumatra.
Malaysia Airlines, Malindo Airways and AirAsia offer flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport Airport.
There are 156+ hotels available in Sumatra.
What companies run services between Sabah, Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia?
AirAsia, Malindo Airways, and Malaysia Airlines fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,300,000–7,000,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kuching, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,400,000–5,000,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Minangkabau International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,400,000–7,500,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,500,000–5,500,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,500,000–5,500,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,400,000–7,500,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,500,000–5,500,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Minangkabau International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,700,000–6,000,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Minangkabau International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,700,000–6,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Minangkabau International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,500,000–8,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Minangkabau International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,600,000–6,000,000
- Website
- superairjet.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Minangkabau International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,900,000–7,500,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,100,000–8,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,600,000–5,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Minangkabau International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,700,000–5,500,000
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,400,000–4,700,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,600,000–5,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,600,000–5,500,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Minangkabau International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,200,000–5,500,000
Bus operators
- Phone
- 088-751722
- sipitangexpress@yahoo.com.my
- Website
- sipitangexpress.com.my
Bus from KK Sentral to Bandar Seri Begawan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rp 618,001
- Book at
- sipitangexpress.com.my
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bandar Seri Begawan to Pontianak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,299,004
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- (021) 1500 825
- humas@damri.co.id
- Website
- damri.co.id
Busferry from DAMRI Bus Station Jakarta to Bandar Lampung
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rp 55,000–250,000
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/damri
Ferry operators
- Phone
- +62 811-1621-162
- infopelni162@pelni.co.id
- Website
- facebook.com
Ferry from Pontianak to Tanjung Priok
- Ave. Duration
- 43h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 310,000–390,000
- Book at
- pelni.co.id
- Economy Class
- Rp 310,000–390,000
Ferry from Pontianak to Belinyu Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 470,000–600,000
- Book at
- pelni.co.id
- Economy Class
- Rp 470,000–600,000
- Phone
- 0811-789-200
- expressbahari.marketing@gmail.com
- Website
- expressbahari.com
Ferry from Terminal Muntok to Palembang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rp 255,000–315,000
- Schedules at
- expressbahari.com
- Executive
- Rp 255,000–265,000
- VIP
- Rp 305,000–315,000
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