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✈ AMS → NBO

8H 42M FROM AMSTERDAM TO NAIROBI. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.

Flight time
8h 42m
Distance
4,149 mi
Or
6,677 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi

From Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe  →  Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Amsterdam

How long is the flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi?

A nonstop flight from Amsterdam (AMS) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 8 hours 42 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,149 miles (6,677 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 42m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,149 mi

6,677 km · great-circle

Avg speed

768 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Amsterdam timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Amsterdam

Nairobi timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Nairobi

Time difference

+1h

1 hour ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~1d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 988 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1142 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 274 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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