✈ NBO → ORD
NAIROBI → CHICAGO: 16H 7M. BUSINESS CLASS OR THERAPY. PICK ONE.
Flight from Nairobi to Chicago
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Chicago (ORD) 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
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-8h
8 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~5.6d
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 Chicago
Nearest origins
- Toronto → Chicago
- Atlanta → Chicago
- New York → Chicago
- Dallas → Chicago
- Boston → Chicago
- Miami → Chicago
- Cancun → Chicago
- Las Vegas → Chicago
- Mexico City → Chicago
- Seattle → Chicago
Long-haul to Chicago
- Bali (Denpasar) → Chicago
- Melbourne → Chicago
- Singapore → Chicago
- Kuala Lumpur → Chicago
- Sydney → Chicago
- Johannesburg → Chicago
- Bangkok → Chicago
- Cape Town → Chicago
- Auckland → Chicago
- Manila → Chicago