AviatDataKota Kinabalu International Airport BKI / WBKK
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah · Malaysia · Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), operating WBKK as part of its Malaysian airport network; MAHB was delisted from Bursa Malaysia on 25 Feb 2025 after privatisation by the Gateway Development Alliance consortium (Khazanah Nasional 40%, Employees Provident Fund 30%, GIP Aurea [Global Infrastructure Partners/Abu Dhabi Investment Authority joint venture] 30%)
8.0Mpax · 2024
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAWBKK / BKI
OperatorMalaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), operating WBKK as part of its Malaysian airport network; MAHB was delisted from Bursa Malaysia on 25 Feb 2025 after privatisation by the Gateway Development Alliance consortium (Khazanah Nasional 40%, Employees Provident Fund 30%, GIP Aurea [Global Infrastructure Partners/Abu Dhabi Investment Authority joint venture] 30%)
Coordinates5.9327°N, 116.0493°E
Elevation10 ft · 3 m
Time zoneMYT (UTC+8, no DST)
Passengers / yr7,954,338 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceWBKK — AIP Malaysia (CAAM), AD 2.WBKK Kota Kinabalu International
Operating hoursH24 — aerodrome operator, ATC, customs/immigration and security all operate around the clock; no published curfew
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal (Terminal 1, 64 check-in counters, 12 aerobridges, ~9M pax/yr design capacity); the original Terminal 2 was decommissioned for passenger use on 1 December 2015 and now handles cargo, charter and general aviation only
Runways (1)
- 02/20 · 3,780 m / 12,402 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS CAT I
Airport contact
Sabah's principal international gateway and Malaysia's second-busiest airport after KLIA, extended in 2009 to its current 3,780 m runway. Long served as the main base for MASwings' Sabah/Sarawak rural air-service network, but MASwings was rebranded AirBorneo on 1 Jan 2026 after the Sarawak state government's acquisition of the carrier and relocated its headquarters and primary hub to Kuching (secondary hub Miri) — it still serves BKI but is no longer based there. BKI remains a secondary hub for Malaysia Airlines/Firefly, with year-round leisure traffic tied to Mount Kinabalu and dive tourism plus direct international links to Brunei, Singapore, South Korea, Japan and China.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 3 providers
Pos Aviation Sdn Bhd
Passenger, ramp, baggage and aircraft handling; Pos Aviation's own site (posaviation.com.my) explicitly lists Kota Kinabalu International Airport among its 10-station Malaysian network, with "Ground Handling" listed as one of its core service lines. A Pos Aviation facility also appears in business/map listings at Jalan MAS Kargo, Kepayan, on the airport perimeter.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
SafeAir Technical Sdn Bhd
Ground handling at BKI; SafeAir Technical's own site confirms a dedicated Kota Kinabalu office at Terminal 1, Kota Kinabalu International Airport, 88200 Sabah (phone •••, verified directly on the company's contact page), and states SafeAir "is also able to offer its services at... Kota Kinabalu International Airport" following an initial 2011 launch there, with both ground handling and line maintenance confirmed as services offered at that station.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground Team Red Sdn Bhd (GTR)
In-house AirAsia Group ground-handling joint venture; GTR's own site (groundteamred.com) confirms it is a real operating ground handler (guest services, baggage, ramp, load control/flight ops, cargo) headquartered at KLIA, and GTR is AirAsia's standard handler across its Malaysian domestic network, which flies BKI at high frequency. No station-specific BKI page or contract document was found on GTR's own site, so it remains marked unconfirmed rather than available.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad (Aviation)
PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad is a genuine, major, Bursa Malaysia-listed fuel supplier (PETDAG) with an aviation-fuel business line generally active in the Malaysian market. However, the cited source domain (pdb.com.my) does not resolve, and no working PETRONAS page listing a "KK & Sandakan Fuel Aviation" superintendent contact could be found; the previously drafted named-individual email and phone are unverified and have been removed rather than published as fact. BKI-specific into-plane fuelling by PETRONAS is plausible but not independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available · 2 providers
Pos Aviation Engineering Services Sdn Bhd (PAES)
PAES is confirmed as a genuine line-maintenance joint venture between Pos Aviation Group and SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC), which lists PAES among its subsidiaries/JVs on siaec.com.sg, and Pos Aviation's own site lists "Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering" as one of its five core service lines across its 10-station Malaysian network that includes Kota Kinabalu. However, this is a group-portfolio listing rather than a BKI-specific confirmation, and no page could be found independently verifying a dedicated PAES office at the airport or the specific claims of six airports / 40+ airline customers, so downgraded to unconfirmed pending a station-specific source.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
SafeAir Technical Sdn Bhd
Technical line maintenance at BKI, one of the Malaysian airports (alongside KLIA, Penang, Langkawi, Ipoh and Melaka) where SafeAir's own contact page lists a dedicated local office; the company is a DCA/CAAM Malaysia-approved AMO. The specific airline customer list and multi-country certification claims in the earlier draft could not be independently verified and have been removed pending a source.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
MasAwana
In-flight catering with a dedicated station confirmed directly on masawana.com at Lot 37 & 38, Block F, Lorong Kepayan Perdana 1, Kepayan Perdana Commercial Centre, Jalan Lintas-Lido, 88200 Kepayan, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah; the company's own site explicitly lists this Kota Kinabalu station alongside its Sepang central kitchens.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
TCR Solution Sdn Bhd (TCR Group)
TCR Solution Sdn Bhd is a genuine TCR Group Malaysian entity, confirmed directly on tcr-group.com's own contact page (address at KLIA Sepang, email and phone matching exactly) as TCR's sole Malaysian office. The specific claim that TCR supplies GSE fleet under contract to SafeAir Technical's BKI ground/line-maintenance operation could not be located on TCR's, SafeAir's, or any trade-press page reachable, so downgraded to unconfirmed — TCR's Malaysian presence is real, but a BKI-specific contract is not independently sourced.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available
Pos Aviation Sdn Bhd
Import/export, transhipment and warehouse cargo handling; "Cargo Handling" is a listed Pos Aviation service line and a "Pos Aviation Warehouse" is mapped at Jalan MAS Kargo, Kepayan, Kota Kinabalu, consistent with a physical cargo terminal presence at BKI.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB)
Airport operator self-provides aviation security screening via its own in-house AVSEC team, MAHB's standard operating model across its network airports; BKI-specific staffing, a named security subsidiary, or a station-level contact could not be independently confirmed (MAHB's airport-specific web pages were not reachable), so marked unconfirmed rather than available.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Available
Hertz Malaysia
Airport car rental counter at Kota Kinabalu International Airport; Hertz's Malaysia site redirects through a regional link-tracking domain that did not resolve to a station-level page, so the exact terminal/landside location and phone number could not be independently re-confirmed. A rental-car presence at an international airport of this size is standard and no contradicting evidence was found, so the entry is retained as available; treat the specific phone number as unverified pending a direct station-page source.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed