Plane range from Jomo Kenyatta International (NBO) – how far can you fly?

Nairobi, Kenya

IATA Code
NBO
Airport
Jomo Kenyatta International
Elevation
5,330 ft
Longest runway
13,507 ft
Airliners at MTOW
55 of 55

Runways

DesignationLengthWidthSurface
06/24 13,507 ft 148 ft asphalt

Select an aircraft and see exactly how far it can reach from Nairobi. Adjust the passenger load to see how weight affects range. Click any airport on the map to measure the route.

Which airliners can take off from NBO

NBO's longest runway, 06/24, is 13,507 ft, and the field sits at 5,330 ft, where an airliner needs about 19% more takeoff run than at sea level.

All 55 airliners in PlaneRange can take off from it at maximum takeoff weight, so the runway never shortens their range here.

AircraftTakeoff from NBORange at 80% loadFarthest pinned airport
Boeing 777-200LR
Emirates, 302 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,916 ft
9,163 nm
242 pax
LAX
Los Angeles, 8,408 nm
Boeing 777-200ER
British Airways, 235 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,272 ft
8,718 nm
188 pax
LAX
Los Angeles, 8,408 nm
Airbus A350-1000
Qatar Airways, 327 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,984 ft
8,603 nm
262 pax
LAX
Los Angeles, 8,408 nm
Airbus A380-800
Lufthansa, 509 seats
At MTOW
Needs 12,459 ft
8,513 nm
407 pax
LAX
Los Angeles, 8,408 nm
Airbus A350-900
Lufthansa, 293 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,628 ft
8,490 nm
234 pax
LAX
Los Angeles, 8,408 nm
Boeing 787-9
United Airlines, 257 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,272 ft
8,306 nm
206 pax
NAN
Nadi, 8,208 nm
Boeing 777X-9
Emirates (Projected), 426 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,628 ft
8,272 nm
341 pax
NAN
Nadi, 8,208 nm
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental
Lufthansa, 364 seats
At MTOW
Needs 12,577 ft
8,194 nm
291 pax
MEX
Mexico City, 8,003 nm
Boeing 777-300ER
Emirates, 354 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,866 ft
8,128 nm
283 pax
MEX
Mexico City, 8,003 nm
Boeing 787-8
United Airlines, 243 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,442 ft
7,991 nm
194 pax
SEA
Seattle, 7,834 nm
Airbus A340-600
Lufthansa, 297 seats
At MTOW
Needs 12,459 ft
7,970 nm
238 pax
SEA
Seattle, 7,834 nm
Airbus A330-900
Delta, 281 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,391 ft
7,464 nm
225 pax
MSP
Minneapolis, 7,098 nm
Boeing 747-400
Lufthansa, 371 seats
At MTOW
Needs 12,459 ft
7,300 nm
297 pax
MSP
Minneapolis, 7,098 nm
Airbus A330-200
Qantas, 271 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,560 ft
7,298 nm
217 pax
MSP
Minneapolis, 7,098 nm
Boeing 787-10
Singapore Airlines, 337 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,391 ft
7,117 nm
270 pax
MSP
Minneapolis, 7,098 nm
Airbus A340-300
Lufthansa, 279 seats
At MTOW
Needs 12,103 ft
7,050 nm
223 pax
ATL
Atlanta, 6,993 nm
Airbus A330-300
Delta, 282 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,272 ft
6,591 nm
226 pax
SYD
Sydney, 6,552 nm
Boeing 767-300ER
United Airlines (High J), 167 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,086 ft
6,462 nm
134 pax
EWR
Newark, 6,408 nm
Boeing 767-400ER
Delta, 238 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,272 ft
5,756 nm
190 pax
EZE
Buenos Aires, 5,627 nm
Airbus A321XLR
Iberia, 182 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,374 ft
4,940 nm
146 pax
HKG
Hong Kong, 4,713 nm
Douglas DC-8-63
Delta Air Lines, 189 seats
At MTOW
Needs 13,289 ft
4,486 nm
151 pax
HAN
Hanoi, 4,256 nm
Airbus A321neo LR
Condor, 233 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,899 ft
3,907 nm
186 pax
BKK
Bangkok, 3,901 nm
Boeing 757-200
Icelandair, 184 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,713 ft
3,838 nm
147 pax
ARN
Stockholm, 3,768 nm
Boeing 737 MAX 7
Southwest Airlines, 150 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,306 ft
3,819 nm
120 pax
ARN
Stockholm, 3,768 nm
Boeing 707-120B
Pan American, 110 seats
At MTOW
Needs 13,408 ft
3,794 nm
88 pax
ARN
Stockholm, 3,768 nm
Airbus A220-100
Swiss, 125 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,873 ft
3,700 nm
100 pax
LHR
London, 3,694 nm
Boeing 737 MAX 8
United Airlines, 166 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,255 ft
3,593 nm
133 pax
HAM
Hamburg, 3,563 nm
Boeing 757-300
United Airlines, 234 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,255 ft
3,468 nm
187 pax
DAC
Dhaka, 3,462 nm
Airbus A320neo
Spirit Airlines, 182 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,713 ft
3,388 nm
146 pax
MAD
Madrid, 3,346 nm
Airbus A220-300
JetBlue Airways, 140 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,357 ft
3,383 nm
112 pax
MAD
Madrid, 3,346 nm
Boeing 737-700
Southwest Airlines, 143 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,526 ft
3,327 nm
114 pax
WAW
Warsaw, 3,311 nm
Boeing 737 MAX 9
United Airlines, 179 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,086 ft
3,266 nm
143 pax
MUC
Munich, 3,257 nm
Embraer E190-E2
Widerøe, 110 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,288 ft
3,241 nm
88 pax
BCN
Barcelona, 3,185 nm
Boeing 737 MAX 10
Delta Air Lines, 182 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,086 ft
3,216 nm
146 pax
BCN
Barcelona, 3,185 nm
Embraer E195-E2
KLM Cityhopper, 132 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,909 ft
3,157 nm
106 pax
VIE
Vienna, 3,152 nm
Airbus A319-100
British Airways, 144 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,238 ft
3,060 nm
115 pax
ZAG
Zagreb, 3,035 nm
Airbus A321neo
American Airlines, 196 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,543 ft
2,916 nm
157 pax
FCO
Rome, 2,916 nm
Boeing 737-800
Ryanair, 189 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,899 ft
2,899 nm
151 pax
KBL
Kabul, 2,818 nm
Airbus A320-200
British Airways, 180 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,187 ft
2,844 nm
144 pax
KBL
Kabul, 2,818 nm
Boeing 737-900
United Airlines, 179 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,730 ft
2,804 nm
143 pax
SOF
Sofia, 2,742 nm
Boeing 737-900ER
Delta, 180 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,510 ft
2,727 nm
144 pax
CMB
Colombo, 2,623 nm
Boeing 727-200
United Airlines, 149 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,272 ft
2,621 nm
119 pax
IST
Istanbul, 2,596 nm
Embraer E175-E2
Embraer Demo, 80 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,735 ft
2,456 nm
64 pax
BOM
Mumbai, 2,448 nm
Airbus A321-200
American Airlines, 190 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,425 ft
2,437 nm
152 pax
KHI
Karachi, 2,360 nm
Bombardier CRJ-700
American Eagle, 65 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,087 ft
2,344 nm
52 pax
MLE
Malé, 2,221 nm
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
American Airlines, 140 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,492 ft
2,213 nm
112 pax
LCA
Larnaca, 2,181 nm
Embraer E190
Breeze Airways, 108 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,124 ft
2,130 nm
86 pax
BEY
Beirut, 2,111 nm
Bombardier CRJ-900
Lufthansa CityLine, 90 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,921 ft
1,984 nm
72 pax
MCT
Muscat, 1,947 nm
Embraer E175
Alaska Airlines (Horizon), 76 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,711 ft
1,931 nm
61 pax
DXB
Dubai, 1,922 nm
Embraer E170
United Express, 70 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,158 ft
1,911 nm
56 pax
AUH
Abu Dhabi, 1,859 nm
Embraer E195
Breeze Airways, 118 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,754 ft
1,907 nm
94 pax
AUH
Abu Dhabi, 1,859 nm
Boeing 717-200
Delta Air Lines, 110 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,684 ft
1,650 nm
88 pax
JNB
Johannesburg, 1,572 nm
Fokker 70
KLM Cityhopper (Historic), 80 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,289 ft
1,628 nm
64 pax
JNB
Johannesburg, 1,572 nm
Fokker 100
KLM Cityhopper (Historic), 100 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,289 ft
1,576 nm
80 pax
JNB
Johannesburg, 1,572 nm
ATR 72-600
Air France (HOP!), 70 seats
At MTOW
Needs 4,628 ft
1,336 nm
56 pax
ADD
Addis Ababa, 628 nm

Range is in still air at the map's default 80% load, with each aircraft in its default airline config and 210 lb per passenger with bags. "Needs" is the takeoff field length at maximum takeoff weight, corrected for NBO's elevation. Reserves cover a 45-minute hold and a diversion to the airport nearest the destination; for the range column that is Nairobi Wilson Airport, 7 nm from NBO. Pinned airports are the 115 shown as pins on the map.

Longest nonstops from NBO

The farthest pinned airports an airliner in PlaneRange can reach nonstop from NBO at 80% load, in still air, with enough runway to land.

NBO → LAX Los Angeles, 8,408 nm (15,572 km)
Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-200ER, Airbus A350-1000 and 2 more
NBO → SFO San Francisco, 8,346 nm (15,457 km)
Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-200ER, Airbus A350-1000 and 2 more
NBO → NAN Nadi, 8,208 nm (15,201 km)
Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-200ER, Airbus A350-1000 and 4 more
NBO → LAS Las Vegas, 8,206 nm (15,197 km)
Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-200ER, Airbus A350-1000 and 4 more
NBO → PHX Phoenix, 8,205 nm (15,196 km)
Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-200ER, Airbus A350-1000 and 4 more

Nearest major airports

ADD Addis Ababa 628 nm away · 12,467 ft runway JNB Johannesburg 1,572 nm away · 14,495 ft runway RUH Riyadh 1,677 nm away · 13,796 ft runway DOH Doha 1,810 nm away · 15,912 ft runway BAH Manama 1,837 nm away · 12,979 ft runway AUH Abu Dhabi 1,859 nm away · 13,471 ft runway
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