✈ BKK → NBO
9H 21M. BANGKOK TO NAIROBI. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.
Flight from Bangkok to Nairobi
From Suvarnabhumi (BKK), Thailand Asia → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Bangkok
How long is the flight from Bangkok to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Bangkok (BKK) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 9 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,489 miles (7,225 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 21m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,489 mi
7,225 km · great-circle
Avg speed
773 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Bangkok timezone
UTC+7
Asia/Bangkok
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
-4h
4 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~2.8d
Westward — easier
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 Bangkok
Nearest destinations
- Bangkok → Kuala Lumpur
- Bangkok → Singapore
- Bangkok → Hong Kong
- Bangkok → Manila
- Bangkok → Taipei
- Bangkok → Shanghai
- Bangkok → Delhi
- Bangkok → Bali (Denpasar)
- Bangkok → Mumbai
- Bangkok → Beijing
Long-haul from Bangkok
- Bangkok → Santiago
- Bangkok → Buenos Aires
- Bangkok → São Paulo
- Bangkok → Rio de Janeiro
- Bangkok → Cancun
- Bangkok → Mexico City
- Bangkok → Miami
- Bangkok → Atlanta
- Bangkok → Dallas
- Bangkok → New York
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
- Atlanta → Nairobi