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✈ NBO → HKG

11H 8M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,423 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
11h 8m
Distance
5,423 mi
Or
8,728 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Nairobi to Hong Kong

From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa  →  Hong Kong International (HKG), Hong Kong Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Hong Kong → Nairobi

How long is the flight from Nairobi to Hong Kong?

A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Hong Kong (HKG) takes about 11 hours 8 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,423 miles (8,728 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 8m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,423 mi

8,728 km · great-circle

Avg speed

783 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Nairobi timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Nairobi

Hong Kong timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Hong_Kong

Time difference

+5h

5 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1292 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1492 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 358 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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