✈ NBO → HND
14H 9M FROM NAIROBI TO TOKYO. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Nairobi to Tokyo
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Haneda (HND), Japan Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Tokyo → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Tokyo?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Tokyo (HND) takes about 14 hours 9 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,992 miles (11,253 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 9m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,992 mi
11,253 km · great-circle
Avg speed
795 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Tokyo timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Tokyo
Time difference
+6h
6 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~6d
Eastward — worse
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 Asia
Flights to Tokyo
Nearest origins
- Osaka → Tokyo
- Seoul → Tokyo
- Shanghai → Tokyo
- Beijing → Tokyo
- Taipei → Tokyo
- Hong Kong → Tokyo
- Manila → Tokyo
- Bangkok → Tokyo
- Singapore → Tokyo
- Kuala Lumpur → Tokyo
Long-haul to Tokyo
- Rio de Janeiro → Tokyo
- São Paulo → Tokyo
- Buenos Aires → Tokyo
- Santiago → Tokyo
- Cape Town → Tokyo
- Johannesburg → Tokyo
- Cancun → Tokyo
- Miami → Tokyo
- Casablanca → Tokyo
- Mexico City → Tokyo