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Bangkok to Penang

2 operators run this water, from 1 h 40 to 1 h 42 — a difference of 2 min on the same crossing.

Getting from Bangkok to Penang

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways International BKK → PEN 934 km non-stop 734 in the air 3 h 10 est. rate not held 560 km/h average

Thai AirAsia DMK → PEN 959 km non-stop 320 in the air 3 h 12 est. rate not held 565 km/h average

Other ways to reach Penang

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Penang without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Langkawi (Kuah Jetty) – Penang 30 min Eckerö Line, Langkawi Ferry Services

Langkawi – Penang 40 min AirAsia

Kota Baharu – Penang 48 min Firefly

Subang – Penang 51 min Firefly

Sepang – Penang 54 min AirAsia

Phuket – Penang 59 min Firefly

Banda Aceh – Penang 1 h 10 Firefly

Johor Bahru – Penang 1 h 12 AirAsia

Singapore – Penang 1 h 15 AirAsia

Kuching – Penang 2 h 00 AirAsia

And other ways to reach Bangkok

Laem Ngop – Bangkok 47 min Bangkok Airways

Buriram – Bangkok 54 min Nok Air

Phitsanulok – Bangkok 54 min Nok Air

Khon Kaen – Bangkok 58 min Thai AirAsia, Thai Airways International

Chumphon – Bangkok 59 min Nok Air

Tak – Bangkok 59 min Nok Air

Loei – Bangkok 1 h 01 Nok Air

Roi Et – Bangkok 1 h 01 Nok Air

Sukhothai – Bangkok 1 h 01 Bangkok Airways

Udon Thani – Bangkok 1 h 04 Bangkok Airways, Nok Air

Where else these quays go

Also from Bangkok

Abu Dhabi · Addis Ababa · Almaty · Amman · Amsterdam · Attock · Bandar Seri Begawan · Beijing · Bengaluru · Brisbane · Buriram · Busan · Cairo · Changsha (Changsha)

Also from Penang

Banda Aceh · Guangzhou (Huadu) · Hong Kong · Jakarta · Johor Bahru · Kota Baharu · Kota Kinabalu · Kuching · Langkawi · Langkawi (Kuah Jetty) · Phuket · Sepang · Singapore · Subang

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Bangkok–Penang crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. The choice between Malaysia Airlines at 1 h 40 and Thai AirAsia at 1 h 42 is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.