There are 4 ways to get from Seattle to Kota Kinabalu by plane, car, or bus
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Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane SEA - BKI
21h 29mRM 1,344–4,849Fly Seattle Lake Union SPB to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Fly from Seattle Lake Union SPB (LKE) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane LKE - BKI
38h 29mRM 1,531–4,736Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Brunei International Airport, drive, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Brunei International Airport (BWN)plane SEA - BWN
- Drive from Brunei International Airport (BWN) to Limbangcar
- Take the bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalubus
30h 22mRM 2,716–5,622Bus to Bellingham International Airport, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Take the bus from Seattle, WA - Convention centre to Bellingham Airportbus
- Fly from Bellingham International Airport (BLI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane BLI - BKI
28h 29mRM 1,739–5,666
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Kota Kinabalu is to fly which costs RM 1300 - RM 4900 and takes 21h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Kota Kinabalu is to fly which takes 21h 29m and costs RM 1300 - RM 4900.
The distance between Seattle and Kota Kinabalu is 11827 km.
It takes approximately 21h 29m to get from Seattle to Kota Kinabalu, including transfers.
Kota Kinabalu is 16h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 6:23 AM in Seattle and 10:23 PM in Kota Kinabalu.
There are 1266+ hotels available in Kota Kinabalu.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia?
Delta, Jin Air, and eight other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–4,800
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Victoria Inner Harbour Apt, Vancouver, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–6,000
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Coal Harbour Spb, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,000
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,500
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Portland, Vancouver, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–5,500
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Victoria Inner Harbour Apt, Vancouver, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–6,000
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Victoria Inner Harbour Apt, Vancouver, Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,700
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Victoria Inner Harbour Apt, Vancouver, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–6,500
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Coal Harbour Spb, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,000
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Coal Harbour Spb, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–4,700
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,700–16,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–7,500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,300–6,500
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–5,500
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Victoria Inner Harbour Apt, Vancouver, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,500
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Coal Harbour Spb, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,500
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,300–8,000
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–7,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–8,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,400–5,500
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,300–4,800
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Brunei International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,700–16,000
- Phone
- 088-751722
- sipitangexpress@yahoo.com.my
- Website
- sipitangexpress.com.my
Bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- RM 80
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
- Phone
- +1 800.665.2122
- rez@quickcoach.com
- Website
- quickcoach.com
Bus from Seattle, WA - Convention centre to Bellingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- RM 110–150
- Schedules at
- quickcoach.com
- Adult
- RM 110–150
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