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Best Flights from New York to Nairobi Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from New York to Nairobi with the lowest price of $461. The fastest direct flight takes 14h and the fastest connecting – 17h 30m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $718 Find flight	13:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	10:45+1 день Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl	14h 0m	Kenya Airways	KQ3
from $467 Find flight	12:55 New York John F Kennedy Intl	01:55+2 дня Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl	30h 0m layover 14h 40m - Cairo	EGYPTAIR	MS986 MS1849
from $497 Find flight	15:45 New York John F Kennedy Intl	12:40+2 дня Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl	37h 55m layover 20h 5m - Abu Dhabi	Etihad Airways	EY2 EY767
from $461 Find flight	11:20 New York John F Kennedy Intl	20:10+1 день Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl	25h 50m layover 1h 40m - Doha 4h 0m - Kigali	RwandAir	WB1163 WB1021 WB402
from $499 Find flight	00:35 New York John F Kennedy Intl	05:40+2 дня Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl	46h 5m layover 3h 0m - Istanbul 21h 5m - Mumbai	IndiGo	6E4016 6E18 6E1853

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on September 15, 2025

Flight Schedule New York (New York) to Nairobi

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from New York to Nairobi. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
00:35 — 05:40 +2 days	00:35 — 17:15 6E4016 IndiGo New York — Istanbul 3h stop 20:15 — 05:05 6E18 IndiGo Istanbul — Mumbai 21h 5m stop 02:10 — 05:40 6E1853 IndiGo Mumbai — Nairobi	46h 5m including layover	Find flight from$499
00:50 — 22:00 +1 day	00:50 — 14:10 KL646 KLM New York — Amsterdam 22h 20m stop 12:30 — 22:00 KL565 KLM Amsterdam — Nairobi	38h 10m including layover	Find flight from$545
01:20 — 12:20 +1 day	01:20 — 20:45 WB1022 RwandAir New York — Doha 5h stop 01:45 — 06:55 WB301 RwandAir Doha — Kigali 2h 45m stop 09:40 — 12:20 WB452 RwandAir Kigali — Nairobi	28h including layover	Find flight from$461
01:20 — 20:10 +1 day	01:20 — 20:45 WB1022 RwandAir New York — Doha 11h 35m stop 08:20 — 13:30 WB1021 RwandAir Doha — Kigali 4h stop 17:30 — 20:10 WB402 RwandAir Kigali — Nairobi	35h 50m including layover	Find flight from$548
06:20 — 01:50 +2 days	06:20 — 09:03 F94817 Frontier Airlines New York — Atlanta 12h 42m stop 21:45 — 15:40 TK32 Turkish Airlines Atlanta — Istanbul 3h 20m stop 19:00 — 01:50 TK637 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Nairobi	36h 30m including layover	Find flight from$542
06:30 — 01:50 +2 days	06:30 — 09:08 F93287 Frontier Airlines New York — Atlanta 12h 37m stop 21:45 — 15:40 TK32 Turkish Airlines Atlanta — Istanbul 3h 20m stop 19:00 — 01:50 TK637 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Nairobi	36h 20m including layover	Find flight from$514
10:56 — 01:50 +2 days	10:56 — 13:40 NK477 Spirit Airlines New York — Houston 7h 20m stop 21:00 — 17:05 TK34 Turkish Airlines Houston — Istanbul 1h 55m stop 19:00 — 01:50 TK637 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Nairobi	31h 54m including layover	Find flight from$537
11:20 — 20:10 +1 day	11:20 — 06:40 WB1163 RwandAir New York — Doha 1h 40m stop 08:20 — 13:30 WB1021 RwandAir Doha — Kigali 4h stop 17:30 — 20:10 WB402 RwandAir Kigali — Nairobi	25h 50m including layover	Find flight from$461
12:55 — 01:55 +2 days	12:55 — 06:15 MS986 EGYPTAIR New York — Cairo 14h 40m stop 20:55 — 01:55 MS1849 EGYPTAIR Cairo — Nairobi	30h including layover	Find flight from$467
12:55 — 01:55 +2 days	12:55 — 06:15 MS986 EGYPTAIR New York — Cairo 14h 40m stop 23:50 — 04:50 MS849 EGYPTAIR Cairo — Nairobi	30h including layover	Find flight from$528
13:45 — 10:45 +1 day	13:45 — 10:45 KQ3 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi	14h	Find flight from$718
15:45 — 12:40 +2 days	13:40 — 11:25 EY2 Etihad Airways New York — Abu Dhabi 20h 5m stop 09:15 — 13:40 EY767 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi — Nairobi	37h 55m including layover	Find flight from$497
20:00 — 17:00 +1 day	20:00 — 17:00 KQ5 Kenya Airways New York — Nairobi	14h	Find flight from$814
21:28 — 01:50 +3 days	21:28 — 23:57 NK2640 Spirit Airlines New York — Atlanta 21h 48m stop 21:45 — 15:40 TK32 Turkish Airlines Atlanta — Istanbul 3h 20m stop 19:00 — 01:50 TK637 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Nairobi	45h 22m including layover	Find flight from$525
22:40 — 12:40 +2 days	22:00 — 19:30 EY4 Etihad Airways New York — Abu Dhabi 13h 10m stop 09:15 — 13:40 EY767 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi — Nairobi	31h including layover	Find flight from$545

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on September 15, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from New York to Nairobi depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between New York and Nairobi is 11854 miles. Time difference between the cities is 8h. Airplanes depart 00:15 to 23:59 from 16 New York airports and arrive 00:15 to 23:59 to 2 Nairobi airports. Average flight time is 14h.

The fastest flight 14h
Average flight time 14h
The earliest flight 00:15
The latest flight 23:59
Distance 7366 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Nairobi are september (from 451 $), october (from 461 $), august (from 467 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 1 715 $), january (from 588 $), february (from 556 $).

What is the lowest airfare New York to Nairobi?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $461. This airfare is for economy class on one-way WB1163 flight by RwandAir for October 7, 2025 which leaves John F Kennedy Intl in New York at 11:20 am and arrives at Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl at 20:10.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight New York — Nairobi is served by 46 regular airlines and 6 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Condor Airlines - 14 departures per week at the price of from $ 857 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Lufthansa airline - from $ 1911.

Direct flights

There are 2 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is KQ3 by Kenya Airways takes 14h and the cheapest is WB1163 by RwandAir for $718.

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Connecting Flights

There are 998 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is AF3577 by Air France takes 17h 30m and the cheapest is WB1163 by RwandAir for $461.

NO - Neos

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DE - Condor Airlines

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VY - Vueling

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LO - LOT

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FI - Icelandair

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WB - RwandAir

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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UA - United Airlines

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6E - IndiGo

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Z0 - Z0

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IB - Iberia

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SN - Brussels Airlines

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Airports

You can fly from New York to Nairobi from 16 airports (39th Street Ferry, Newyork Airport, Newyork Airport, La Guardia, Westchester County, World Trade Center, Pier 11/Wall St. SPB, John F Kennedy Intl, Flushing, East 34th St Heliport, West 30th St Heliport, Downtown Manhattan H/p, East 60th Street H/P, Battery Pk City/N. Cov, East 34th St Landing, Marine Air Terminal).

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La Guardia-LGA

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World Trade Center-WTC

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Pier 11/Wall St. SPB-NWS

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John F Kennedy Intl-JFK

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Flushing-FLU

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Downtown Manhattan H/p-JRB

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Battery Pk City/N. Cov-NBP

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Nairobi airports

Jomo Kenyatta Intl-NBO

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Airplanes

There are flights to Nairobi from New York by 46 airlines that use 2 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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