✈ NBO → DFW
17H 30M, 8,743 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.
Flight from Nairobi to Dallas
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Dallas → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Dallas?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Dallas (DFW) 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
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Dallas 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 → Auckland
- Nairobi → Cancun
- Nairobi → Atlanta
- Nairobi → Chicago
More flights to North America
Flights to Dallas
Nearest origins
- Atlanta → Dallas
- Chicago → Dallas
- Mexico City → Dallas
- Cancun → Dallas
- Las Vegas → Dallas
- Miami → Dallas
- Toronto → Dallas
- Los Angeles → Dallas
- New York → Dallas
- San Francisco → Dallas
Long-haul to Dallas
- Bali (Denpasar) → Dallas
- Singapore → Dallas
- Kuala Lumpur → Dallas
- Johannesburg → Dallas
- Bangkok → Dallas
- Melbourne → Dallas
- Cape Town → Dallas
- Mumbai → Dallas
- Sydney → Dallas
- Manila → Dallas