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Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) is 55 kilometres south at Sepang, with two terminals five kilometres apart connected by a free shuttle train.
Before you book
Check which terminal. Terminal 1 is the 1998 original, for full-service airlines. Terminal 2 opened in 2014 for low-cost carriers and is AirAsia’s main base. Connecting between them takes real time.
Airlines. Malaysia Airlines and Batik Air Malaysia are the full-service national carriers; AirAsia is the low-cost giant and one of the reasons Kuala Lumpur is a genuinely useful hub for the whole region. Most major Asian, Gulf and European carriers serve KLIA.
It is one of the great low-cost hubs. Fares from here across Southeast Asia, India, China and Australia are low enough that routing through Kuala Lumpur is often the cheapest way into the region.
Getting in. KLIA Ekspres in 28 minutes, KLIA Transit in 36 for less, or a bus for a fraction of either. See Kuala Lumpur Airport to the city.
Entry
Complete the Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) online before you travel. It is free and it is done on the official immigration website — there are many lookalike sites charging for it.
Visa requirements vary; many nationalities get 30 or 90 days visa-free. Check the immigration site directly rather than a third party.
Autogates are available to a growing list of nationalities.
Use the duty-free allowance on alcohol if you drink — Malaysian excise duties are among the highest in the world.
When to fly
Cheapest: the wettest and haziest weeks.
Most expensive: Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Deepavali, and Malaysian and Singaporean school holidays.
Weather: the same all year, 32 degrees. See when to go.
Onward
Singapore is 55 minutes by air, five hours by bus, or a comfortable ETS train and a change at Johor Bahru.
Penang, Langkawi, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching are short domestic hops. Malaysian Borneo — Sabah and Sarawak — is a different country in almost every respect.
Subang (SZB), much closer to the city, handles turboprop and regional flights. Check which airport your ticket says.