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Kota Kinabalu to Tawau

1 operator run this water, from 52 min.

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.

AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines BKI → TWU 292 km non-stop 320 738 in the air 2 h 22 est. rate not held 338 km/h average

Other ways to reach Tawau

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

Sandakan – Tawau 43 min Malaysia Airlines
Johor Bahru – Tawau 2 h 32 AirAsia
Sepang – Tawau 2 h 47 AirAsia

And other ways to reach Kota Kinabalu

Labuan – Kota Kinabalu 39 min Malaysia Airlines
Lawas – Kota Kinabalu 41 min Malaysia Airlines
Bandar Seri Begawan – Kota Kinabalu 42 min Malaysia Airlines
Mulu – Kota Kinabalu 49 min Malaysia Airlines
Lahad Datu – Kota Kinabalu 50 min Malaysia Airlines
Miri – Kota Kinabalu 52 min AirAsia
Bintulu – Kota Kinabalu 1 h 04 Malaysia Airlines
Sibu – Kota Kinabalu 1 h 16 Malaysia Airlines
Kuching – Kota Kinabalu 1 h 30 AirAsia

Where else these quays go

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Kota Kinabalu–Tawau 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. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

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