✈ ORD → NBO
16H 7M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.
Flight from Chicago to Nairobi
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 16 hours 7 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,022 miles (12,910 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 7m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,022 mi
12,910 km · great-circle
Avg speed
801 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
+8h
8 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~8d
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 Chicago
Nearest destinations
- Chicago → Toronto
- Chicago → Atlanta
- Chicago → New York
- Chicago → Dallas
- Chicago → Boston
- Chicago → Miami
- Chicago → Cancun
- Chicago → Las Vegas
- Chicago → Mexico City
- Chicago → Seattle
Long-haul from Chicago
- Chicago → Bali (Denpasar)
- Chicago → Melbourne
- Chicago → Singapore
- Chicago → Kuala Lumpur
- Chicago → Sydney
- Chicago → Johannesburg
- Chicago → Bangkok
- Chicago → Cape Town
- Chicago → Auckland
- Chicago → Manila
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