✈ NBO → SEA
18H 1M, 9,015 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.
Flight from Nairobi to Seattle
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Seattle → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Seattle?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Seattle (SEA) takes about 18 hours 1 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,015 miles (14,508 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
18h 1m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
9,015 mi
14,508 km · great-circle
Avg speed
805 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Seattle timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-10h
10 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
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
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
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- Nairobi → Budapest
- Nairobi → Vienna
- Nairobi → Barcelona
- Nairobi → Milan
- Nairobi → Munich
- Nairobi → Casablanca
- Nairobi → Zurich
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