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Kota Kinabalu International Airport
WBKK / BKIKota Kinabalu, MalaysiaELEV 10 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
61 nm
To the nearest alternate
Labuan Airport (LBU).
Overview
Kota Kinabalu International Airport (WBKK / BKI) sits in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, where it functions as a large commercial airport. The airport sits 10 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BKI for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Labuan Airport (LBU, 61 nm), Brunei International Airport (BWN, 90 nm), and Limbang Airport (LMN, 92 nm).
Charter pricing from BKI depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kota Kinabalu and Jesselton Airfield. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Kota Kinabalu.
Field capability
ICAO
WBKK
IATA
BKI
FAA / Local
WBKK
Elevation
10 ft
Coordinates
5.9327° N · 116.0493° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Malaysia fields
state range 10–3,350 ft
At 10 ft, BKI sits lower than 97% of the 29 Malaysia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 61nmLBULabuan AirportLabuan
- 90nmBWNBrunei International AirportBandar Seri Begawan
- 92nmLMNLimbang AirportLimbang
- 120nmSDKSandakan AirportSandakan
- 135nmMZVMulu AirportMulu
- 136nmBBNBario AirportBario
Location
Open the full mapWBKK · Kota Kinabalu International Airport · Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia