✈ NBO → BOS
14H 32M IN A METAL TUBE. 7,190 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Nairobi to Boston
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Logan (BOS), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Boston → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Boston?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Boston (BOS) 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
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Boston timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-7h
7 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.9d
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 Nairobi
Nearest destinations
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
- Nairobi → Doha
- Nairobi → Abu Dhabi
- Nairobi → Cairo
- Nairobi → Dubai
- Nairobi → Tel Aviv
- Nairobi → Cape Town
- Nairobi → Mumbai
- Nairobi → Athens
- Nairobi → Istanbul
Long-haul from Nairobi
- Nairobi → Los Angeles
- Nairobi → San Francisco
- Nairobi → Las Vegas
- Nairobi → Mexico City
- Nairobi → Seattle
- Nairobi → Vancouver
- Nairobi → Dallas
- Nairobi → Auckland
- Nairobi → Cancun
- Nairobi → Atlanta
More flights to North America
Flights to Boston
Nearest origins
- New York → Boston
- Toronto → Boston
- Chicago → Boston
- Atlanta → Boston
- Miami → Boston
- Dallas → Boston
- Cancun → Boston
- Mexico City → Boston
- Las Vegas → Boston
- Seattle → Boston
Long-haul to Boston
- Melbourne → Boston
- Sydney → Boston
- Bali (Denpasar) → Boston
- Singapore → Boston
- Kuala Lumpur → Boston
- Auckland → Boston
- Bangkok → Boston
- Manila → Boston
- Hong Kong → Boston
- Johannesburg → Boston