✈ NBO → AUH
NAIROBI → ABU DHABI IN 4H 51M. PACK SNACKS. PACK PATIENCE.
Flight from Nairobi to Abu Dhabi
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Abu Dhabi?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) takes about 4 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,139 miles (3,443 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 51m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
2,139 mi
3,443 km · great-circle
Avg speed
710 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Abu Dhabi timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Nairobi
Nearest destinations
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
- Nairobi → Doha
- Nairobi → Cairo
- Nairobi → Dubai
- Nairobi → Tel Aviv
- Nairobi → Cape Town
- Nairobi → Mumbai
- Nairobi → Athens
- Nairobi → Istanbul
- Nairobi → Bucharest
Long-haul from Nairobi
Flights to Abu Dhabi
Nearest origins
- Dubai → Abu Dhabi
- Doha → Abu Dhabi
- Mumbai → Abu Dhabi
- Tel Aviv → Abu Dhabi
- Delhi → Abu Dhabi
- Cairo → Abu Dhabi
- Istanbul → Abu Dhabi
- Athens → Abu Dhabi
- Bucharest → Abu Dhabi
- Budapest → Abu Dhabi
Long-haul to Abu Dhabi
- Santiago → Abu Dhabi
- Mexico City → Abu Dhabi
- Auckland → Abu Dhabi
- Buenos Aires → Abu Dhabi
- Los Angeles → Abu Dhabi
- Cancun → Abu Dhabi
- Las Vegas → Abu Dhabi
- San Francisco → Abu Dhabi
- Dallas → Abu Dhabi
- Miami → Abu Dhabi