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Flying from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore?

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About this route

Kuala LumpurSingapore

A short flight from Malaysia to Singapore. Same local time zone at both ends.

Route type International
Distance 297 km / 185 mi
Distance class Short-haul
Direction East-southeast
Est. duration About 50m
Time change No change

Departing from

KUL

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Time zone GMT+8 · UTC+8
Current time

The city of the twin towers

Kuala Lumpur grew up around colonial tin-mining wealth into a dense, multicultural capital crowned by the Petronas Towers, with Malay, Chinese, and Indian communities each visible in its neighborhoods, food, and language. The airport sits about 50 km (30 mi) south of the city, among the farthest big-city airports from its downtown, but the KLIA Ekspres train covers that distance nonstop in under 30 minutes. It's hot and humid year-round, with no real seasons beyond a wetter monsoon stretch. Beyond the express train's route, the city's LRT and monorail cover downtown well, though greater KL sprawls far enough that a car or rideshare is often still the easiest way to cross it.

Surrounding hubs

1,129 km / 702 mi
1,221 km / 759 mi
2,102 km / 1,306 mi

Arriving at

SIN

Singapore Changi Airport

Location Singapore, Singapore
Time zone GMT+8 · UTC+8
Current time

The garden city-state

Singapore is a dense, tropical city-state at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, a single island where the city and the country are the same thing. It is famously orderly and green, easy to cross on a clean and frequent metro, and built for the heat and sudden rain. The center mixes high finance, colonial remnants, and hawker food, with residential towers spread across the island. Distances are short, and the transit makes a car unnecessary.

Surrounding hubs

1,118 km / 695 mi
1,417 km / 880 mi
2,218 km / 1,378 mi
How it works

Find out which side of the plane to sit on.

Pick your airports, set your departure time, and you're done.

We calculate the sun's position based on your flight path and departure time, then tell you which side of the plane gets direct sun and which stays shaded. No guessing, just math.

01

Enter your flight

Pick your departure and arrival airports and set your departure time at the departure airport. FlightSide estimates the duration and you can adjust it if you know the exact schedule.

02

We track the sun along your route

Your flight path is broken into hundreds of points. At each one we check where the sun is and which side of the plane it faces.

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You get a recommendation

Which side of the plane to sit on, left or right, depending on whether you'd rather avoid the sun or enjoy it. The percentages and the map are there if you want to see why.

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