There are 5 ways to get from Sandakan to Osaka by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sandakan Airport to Kobe
best- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Kobe (UKB)plane SDK - UKB
13h 6m¥44,855–122,324Fly Sandakan Airport to Okayama Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Okayama Airport (OKJ)plane SDK - OKJ
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin Osakatrain
14h 34m¥39,785–105,264Fly Sandakan Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, train
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO)plane SDK - NGO
- Take the train from Nagoya to Shin Osakatrain
13h 45mFly Sandakan Airport to Takamatsu Airport, train
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Takamatsu Airport (TAK)plane SDK - TAK
- Take the train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayamatrain
- Take the train from Okayama to Shin Osakatrain
16h¥41,185–107,014Bus to Kota Kinabalu Airport, fly to Kobe
- Take the bus from Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu North Bus Terminal Inanambus
- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Kobe (UKB)plane BKI - UKB
18h 30m¥46,947–125,291
Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Kobe (UKB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sandakan to Osaka is to fly and train which costs ¥39000 - ¥110000 and takes 14h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Sandakan to Osaka is to fly which takes 13h 6m and costs ¥44000 - ¥130000.
The distance between Sandakan and Osaka is 3703 km.
It takes approximately 13h 6m to get from Sandakan to Osaka, including transfers.
Osaka is 1h ahead of Sandakan. It is currently 12:10 AM in Sandakan and 1:10 AM in Osaka.
There are 9443+ hotels available in Osaka.
What companies run services between Sandakan, Malaysia and Osaka, Japan?
AirAsia, Korean Air, and two other airlines fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Kobe (UKB) 3 times a day.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Kobe via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥48,000–130,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–110,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Okayama Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–130,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥49,000–160,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Kobe via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–120,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Kobe via Kuala Lumpur, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–230,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Kobe via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–120,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Kobe via Bandar Seri Begawan, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–140,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Okayama Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–130,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–100,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–120,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥38,000–120,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Okayama Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–100,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Okayama Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Kaohsiung
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–150,000
- Website
- flyairseoul.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–130,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Kobe via Kuala Lumpur, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–320,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥43,000–120,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–110,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–120,000
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥42,000–120,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Takamatsu Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥36,000–100,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Kobe via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–160,000
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
Train from Nagoya to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
Train from Okayama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
Train from Okayama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Schedules at
- JR West Timetable & Route Finder
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Okayama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
Train from Okayama to Shin Osaka
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,300
- Schedules at
- JR WEST (West Japan Railway Company)
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–1,700
- Website
- JR HOKKAIDO
- Website
- JR EAST
- Website
- JR CENTRAL
- Website
- JR WEST
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU
- Website
- JR KYUSHU
- Phone
- 0570-00-4592
- Website
- JR SHIKOKU (Shikoku Railway Company)
Train from Takamatsu(Kagawa) to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- JR SHIKOKU (Shikoku Railway Company)
- Phone
- +60 198072570
- Website
- redbus.my
Bus from Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu North Bus Terminal Inanam
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,500
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- facebook.com
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