✈ SCL → NBO
14H 31M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Santiago to Nairobi
From Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Santiago
How long is the flight from Santiago to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Santiago (SCL) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 14 hours 31 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,183 miles (11,560 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 31m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,183 mi
11,560 km · great-circle
Avg speed
797 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Santiago timezone
UTC-4
America/Santiago
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
+7h
7 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
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 Santiago
Nearest destinations
- Santiago → Buenos Aires
- Santiago → São Paulo
- Santiago → Rio de Janeiro
- Santiago → Cancun
- Santiago → Mexico City
- Santiago → Miami
- Santiago → Atlanta
- Santiago → Dallas
- Santiago → Cape Town
- Santiago → New York
Long-haul from Santiago
- Santiago → Beijing
- Santiago → Shanghai
- Santiago → Hong Kong
- Santiago → Taipei
- Santiago → Seoul
- Santiago → Bangkok
- Santiago → Osaka
- Santiago → Manila
- Santiago → Tokyo
- Santiago → Delhi
More flights to Africa
Flights to Nairobi
Nearest origins
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Doha → Nairobi
- Abu Dhabi → Nairobi
- Cairo → Nairobi
- Dubai → Nairobi
- Tel Aviv → Nairobi
- Cape Town → Nairobi
- Mumbai → Nairobi
- Athens → Nairobi
- Istanbul → Nairobi
Long-haul to Nairobi
- Los Angeles → Nairobi
- San Francisco → Nairobi
- Las Vegas → Nairobi
- Mexico City → Nairobi
- Seattle → Nairobi
- Vancouver → Nairobi
- Dallas → Nairobi
- Auckland → Nairobi
- Cancun → Nairobi
- Atlanta → Nairobi