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There are 3 ways to get from Xi'an to Putatan by taxi, plane, or train

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Taxi to Ankang, fly
best
1. Take the taxi from Xi'an to Ankang (AKA)taxi
2. Fly from Ankang (AKA) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane AKA - BKI
8h 43m
RM 673–1,834
Fly from Xi'An Xianyang International Airport
cheapest
1. Fly from Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane XIY - BKI
9h 38m
RM 455–1,725
Train to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport, fly
1. Take the train from Xi'an North to Yuncheng Northtrain
2. Fly from Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport (YCU) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane YCU - BKI
11h 21m
RM 469–1,713

Ankang (AKA) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights

10Weekly Planes

7h 2mAverage Duration

RM 392Cheapest Price

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Distance: 3,282.8 km
Duration: 8h 43m

What companies run services between Xi'an, China and Putatan, Malaysia?

China Southern Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) every 4 hours.

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Putatan(opens in a new window), Malaysia(opens in a new window)

Putatan (Malay: Pekan Putatan) is a municipality in the capital of the Putatan district in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 100,000 in 2021. It is one of the satellite town of Kota Kinabalu metropolitan area together with neighbouring Petagas town. Putatan railway station is one of the stops for Sabah State Railway while INTI College Sabah Campus became the main campus for Kota Kinabalu in Putatan town.

Things to do in Putatan

Sabah Museum(Opens in a new window)

The Sabah Museum (Malay: Muzium Sabah) is the state museum of Sabah, Malaysia. It is sited on 17 ha of land at Bukit Istana Lama in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital. The complex contains not only the museum proper, but also an ethnobotanic garden, a zoo and a heritage village. The main building also houses the Sabah art gallery. Other galleries cover Islamic civilisation, archaeology and history, natural History, and ceramics and Brassware. The mission of the museum is to collect, preserve, conserve and document ethnographic, archaeological, historical, numismatic, art-historical, botanical, zoological and mineralogical collections from throughout the state, and to conduct research on important and interesting aspects of Sabah's history, culture, and social and natural history.

Manukan Island(Opens in a new window)

Manukan Island (Malay: Pulau Manukan) is the second largest island in the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, Malaysia's first marine national park. It is located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah, just off the coast of Kota Kinabalu and is easily accessible by boat.

The Green Connection(Opens in a new window)

The Green Connection is an aquarium and science discovery centre in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The Green Connection opened in May 2010 and is located just outside down-town Kota Kinabalu in the North west corner of the island of Borneo.

Sabah State Mosque(Opens in a new window)

Sabah State Mosque or Masjid Negeri Sabah is the state mosque of Sabah, located at Sembulan roundabout between Jalan Mat Salleh and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Places to stay in Putatan

Hotel N°5(Opens in a new window)

8.2Very Good

Lintas Platinum Hotel(Opens in a new window)

8.4Very Good

Aeropod Sovo Kota Kinabalu By LAXZONE(Opens in a new window)

8.9Fabulous

Borneo Inn(Opens in a new window)

7.8Good

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