✈ DFW → NBO
17H 30M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.
Flight from Dallas to Nairobi
From Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), USA North America → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Dallas
How long is the flight from Dallas to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Dallas (DFW) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 17 hours 30 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,743 miles (14,070 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
17h 30m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,743 mi
14,070 km · great-circle
Avg speed
804 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Dallas 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 Dallas
Nearest destinations
- Dallas → Atlanta
- Dallas → Chicago
- Dallas → Mexico City
- Dallas → Cancun
- Dallas → Las Vegas
- Dallas → Miami
- Dallas → Toronto
- Dallas → Los Angeles
- Dallas → New York
- Dallas → San Francisco
Long-haul from Dallas
- Dallas → Bali (Denpasar)
- Dallas → Singapore
- Dallas → Kuala Lumpur
- Dallas → Johannesburg
- Dallas → Bangkok
- Dallas → Melbourne
- Dallas → Cape Town
- Dallas → Mumbai
- Dallas → Sydney
- Dallas → 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
- Auckland → Nairobi
- Cancun → Nairobi
- Atlanta → Nairobi
- Chicago → Nairobi