✈ BOS → NBO
14H 32M FROM BOSTON TO NAIROBI. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Boston to Nairobi
From Logan (BOS), USA North America → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Boston
How long is the flight from Boston to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Boston (BOS) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 14 hours 32 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,190 miles (11,571 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 32m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,190 mi
11,571 km · great-circle
Avg speed
797 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Boston 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 Boston
Nearest destinations
- Boston → New York
- Boston → Toronto
- Boston → Chicago
- Boston → Atlanta
- Boston → Miami
- Boston → Dallas
- Boston → Cancun
- Boston → Mexico City
- Boston → Las Vegas
- Boston → Seattle
Long-haul from Boston
- Boston → Melbourne
- Boston → Sydney
- Boston → Bali (Denpasar)
- Boston → Singapore
- Boston → Kuala Lumpur
- Boston → Auckland
- Boston → Bangkok
- Boston → Manila
- Boston → Hong Kong
- Boston → Johannesburg
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