✈ NBO → JFK

14H 51M, 7,355 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
14h 51m
Distance
7,355 mi
Or
11,837 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Nairobi to New York

From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa  →  JFK (JFK), USA North America

How long is the flight from Nairobi to New York?

A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to New York (JFK) takes about 14 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,355 miles (11,837 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

14h 51m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,355 mi

11,837 km · great-circle

Avg speed

798 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Nairobi timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Nairobi

New York 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.

✈ Flight 1752 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2024 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 485 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.