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Distance between Tianjin and Kuala Lumpur

Driving non-stop from Tianjin to Kuala Lumpur

How far is Kuala Lumpur from Tianjin? Here's the quick answer if you have friends taking shifts as driver so that you can make the entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 3,867 miles or 6223 km

Driving time: 68 hours, 35 minutes


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Flying non-stop from Tianjin to Kuala Lumpur

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Tianjin, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula. For a long distance, this appears as a curve on the map, and this is often the route that commercial airlines will take so it's a good estimate of the frequent flyer miles you'll accumulate as well.

Flight distance: 2,660 miles or 4281 km

Flight time: 5 hours, 49 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 1,207 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.5x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/12th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a fairly long flight, so unless you have a Gulfstream G650 or your own Boeing or Airbus, you might be booking a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.





Tianjin to Kuala Lumpur airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN)

Arrival airport: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 29 minutes

Getting to your destination: 84 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from TSN to KUL and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 5 hours, 49 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Tianjin to Kuala Lumpur including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 10 hours


To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:





Plan a trip to Kuala Lumpur

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Kuala Lumpur. Click the button below to explore Kuala Lumpur in detail.





How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Kuala Lumpur to Tianjin, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Tianjin, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Tianjin!





At a Glance
without making any stops
total driving distance is 3,867 miles
driving time of 68 hours, 35 minutes
flight distance is 2,660 miles
flight time of 5 hours, 49 minutes
Kuala Lumpur is the same time as Tianjin
2 Tianjin travel answers
87 Kuala Lumpur travel answers








   
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