✈ ATL → NBO
16H 10M FROM ATLANTA TO NAIROBI. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from Atlanta to Nairobi
From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Atlanta
How long is the flight from Atlanta to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 16 hours 10 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,048 miles (12,952 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 10m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,048 mi
12,952 km · great-circle
Avg speed
801 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Atlanta timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
+7h
7 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Atlanta
Nearest destinations
- Atlanta → Miami
- Atlanta → Chicago
- Atlanta → Dallas
- Atlanta → Toronto
- Atlanta → New York
- Atlanta → Cancun
- Atlanta → Boston
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Las Vegas
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
Long-haul from Atlanta
- Atlanta → Bali (Denpasar)
- Atlanta → Singapore
- Atlanta → Kuala Lumpur
- Atlanta → Melbourne
- Atlanta → Sydney
- Atlanta → Bangkok
- Atlanta → Manila
- Atlanta → Mumbai
- Atlanta → Johannesburg
- Atlanta → Hong Kong
More flights to Africa
Flights to Nairobi
Nearest origins
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Doha → Nairobi
- Abu Dhabi → Nairobi
- Cairo → Nairobi
- Dubai → Nairobi
- Tel Aviv → Nairobi
- Cape Town → Nairobi
- Mumbai → Nairobi
- Athens → Nairobi
- Istanbul → Nairobi
Long-haul to Nairobi
- Los Angeles → Nairobi
- San Francisco → Nairobi
- Las Vegas → Nairobi
- Mexico City → Nairobi
- Seattle → Nairobi
- Vancouver → Nairobi
- Dallas → Nairobi
- Auckland → Nairobi
- Cancun → Nairobi
- Chicago → Nairobi