Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)
A working profile of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.
Quick facts
- Full name: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
- Serves: Nairobi, Kenya
- Coordinates: -1.3192, 36.9278
- Elevation: 5,330 ft
- Time zone: Africa/Nairobi
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport sits inside the air network of Kenya. It shows 130 distinct scheduled departures across 64 destinations and 37 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.
Destinations from NBO
Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAR | Julius Nyerere International Airport | Dar Es Salaam | Tanzania | NBO→DAR | 5 |
| MBA | Mombasa Moi International Airport | Mombasa | Kenya | NBO→MBA | 4 |
| BRU | Brussels Airport | Brussels | Belgium | NBO→BRU | 4 |
| KGL | Kigali International Airport | Kigali | Rwanda | NBO→KGL | 4 |
| LUN | Kenneth Kaunda International Airport Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia | NBO→LUN | 4 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | NBO→DXB | 4 |
| ADD | Addis Ababa Bole International Airport | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | NBO→ADD | 4 |
| MGQ | Aden Adde International Airport | Mogadishu | Somalia | NBO→MGQ | 3 |
| LHR | London Heathrow Airport | London | United Kingdom | NBO→LHR | 3 |
| DZA | Dzaoudzi Pamandzi International Airport | Dzaoudzi | Mayotte | NBO→DZA | 3 |
| HRE | Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport | Harare | Zimbabwe | NBO→HRE | 3 |
| LLW | Lilongwe International Airport | Lilongwe | Malawi | NBO→LLW | 3 |
| LVI | Livingstone Airport | Livingstone | Zambia | NBO→LVI | 3 |
| AMS | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Amsterdam | Netherlands | NBO→AMS | 3 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | NBO→AUH | 3 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | NBO→BKK | 3 |
| EBB | Entebbe International Airport | Entebbe | Uganda | NBO→EBB | 3 |
| ZRH | Zürich Airport | Zurich | Switzerland | NBO→ZRH | 3 |
| EDL | Eldoret International Airport | Eldoret | Kenya | NBO→EDL | 2 |
| JUB | Juba International Airport | Juba | South Sudan | NBO→JUB | 2 |
| KIS | Kisumu Airport | Kisumu | Kenya | NBO→KIS | 2 |
| MYD | Malindi Airport | Malindi | Kenya | NBO→MYD | 2 |
| BOM | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India | NBO→BOM | 2 |
| CDG | Charles de Gaulle International Airport | Paris | France | NBO→CDG | 2 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | NBO→CAN | 2 |
| ICN | Incheon International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | NBO→ICN | 2 |
| BJM | Bujumbura International Airport | Bujumbura | Burundi | NBO→BJM | 2 |
| BZV | Maya-Maya Airport | Brazzaville | Congo (Brazzaville) | NBO→BZV | 2 |
| FBM | Lubumbashi International Airport | Lubumashi | Congo (Kinshasa) | NBO→FBM | 2 |
| FIH | Ndjili International Airport | Kinshasa | Congo (Kinshasa) | NBO→FIH | 2 |
| JIB | Djibouti-Ambouli Airport | Djibouti | Djibouti | NBO→JIB | 2 |
| NLA | Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport | Ndola | Zambia | NBO→NLA | 2 |
| JED | King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | NBO→JED | 2 |
| JNB | OR Tambo International Airport | Johannesburg | South Africa | NBO→JNB | 2 |
| JRO | Kilimanjaro International Airport | Kilimanjaro | Tanzania | NBO→JRO | 2 |
| MRU | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | Plaisance | Mauritius | NBO→MRU | 2 |
| MWZ | Mwanza Airport | Mwanza | Tanzania | NBO→MWZ | 2 |
| POL | Pemba Airport | Pemba | Mozambique | NBO→POL | 2 |
| ZNZ | Abeid Amani Karume International Airport | Zanzibar | Tanzania | NBO→ZNZ | 2 |
| IST | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | NBO→IST | 2 |
| LOK | Lodwar Airport | Lodwar | Kenya | NBO→LOK | 1 |
| WJR | Wajir Airport | Wajir | Kenya | NBO→WJR | 1 |
| SHJ | Sharjah International Airport | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | NBO→SHJ | 1 |
| SAH | Sana'a International Airport | Sanaa | Yemen | NBO→SAH | 1 |
| ABJ | Port Bouet Airport | Abidjan | Cote d'Ivoire | NBO→ABJ | 1 |
| ACC | Kotoka International Airport | Accra | Ghana | NBO→ACC | 1 |
| APL | Nampula Airport | Nampula | Mozambique | NBO→APL | 1 |
| BKO | Modibo Keita International Airport | Bamako | Mali | NBO→BKO | 1 |
| BLZ | Chileka International Airport | Blantyre | Malawi | NBO→BLZ | 1 |
| DEL | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | NBO→DEL | 1 |
| DLA | Douala International Airport | Douala | Cameroon | NBO→DLA | 1 |
| GBE | Sir Seretse Khama International Airport | Gaberone | Botswana | NBO→GBE | 1 |
| KRT | Khartoum International Airport | Khartoum | Sudan | NBO→KRT | 1 |
| LAD | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport | Luanda | Angola | NBO→LAD | 1 |
| LOS | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | Lagos | Nigeria | NBO→LOS | 1 |
| MPM | Maputo Airport | Maputo | Mozambique | NBO→MPM | 1 |
| NSI | Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport | Yaounde | Cameroon | NBO→NSI | 1 |
| SEZ | Seychelles International Airport | Mahe | Seychelles | NBO→SEZ | 1 |
| TNR | Ivato Airport | Antananarivo | Madagascar | NBO→TNR | 1 |
| CAI | Cairo International Airport | Cairo | Egypt | NBO→CAI | 1 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | NBO→DOH | 1 |
| ASM | Asmara International Airport | Asmara | Eritrea | NBO→ASM | 1 |
| GLK | Galcaio Airport | Galcaio | Somalia | NBO→GLK | 1 |
| HGA | Egal International Airport | Hargeisa | Somalia | NBO→HGA | 1 |
Airlines operating at NBO
Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes from NBO |
|---|---|---|---|
| KQ | Kenya Airways | Kenya | 50 |
| KL | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Netherlands | 15 |
| AF | Air France | France | 7 |
| 5H | Fly540 | Kenya | 6 |
| PW | Precision Air | Tanzania | 4 |
| B5 | Flightline | United Kingdom | 3 |
| CZ | China Southern Airlines | China | 3 |
| LH | Lufthansa Cargo | Germany | 3 |
| UA | United Airlines | United States | 3 |
| AZ | Alitalia | Italy | 2 |
| LX | Swiss International Air Lines | Switzerland | 2 |
| OZ | Asiana Airlines | Republic of Korea | 2 |
| 9W | Jet Airways | India | 1 |
| AA | American Airlines | United States | 1 |
| AC | Air Canada | Canada | 1 |
| BA | British Airways | United Kingdom | 1 |
| DE | Condor Flugdienst | Germany | 1 |
| EK | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| ET | Ethiopian Airlines | Ethiopia | 1 |
| EY | Etihad Airways | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| G9 | Air Arabia | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| HU | Hainan Airlines | China | 1 |
| IY | Yemenia | Yemen | 1 |
| KE | Korean Air | Republic of Korea | 1 |
| MK | Air Mauritius | Mauritius | 1 |
| MS | Egyptair | Egypt | 1 |
| QF | Qantas | Australia | 1 |
| QR | Qatar Airways | Qatar | 1 |
| SA | South African Airways | South Africa | 1 |
| SN | Brussels Airlines | Belgium | 1 |
| SV | Saudi Arabian Airlines | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| TK | Turkish Airlines | Turkey | 1 |
| TM | Air Mozambique | Mozambique | 1 |
| U7 | Northern Dene Airways | Canada | 1 |
| UE | Nasair | Eritrea | 1 |
| VN | Vietnam Airlines | Vietnam | 1 |
| WB | Rwandair Express | Rwanda | 1 |
Inbound origin airports
Where flights into NBO typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KGL | Kigali International Airport | Kigali | Rwanda | 7 |
| BJM | Bujumbura International Airport | Bujumbura | Burundi | 6 |
| DAR | Julius Nyerere International Airport | Dar Es Salaam | Tanzania | 6 |
| LUN | Kenneth Kaunda International Airport Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia | 4 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 4 |
| ADD | Addis Ababa Bole International Airport | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 4 |
| MBA | Mombasa Moi International Airport | Mombasa | Kenya | 3 |
| LHR | London Heathrow Airport | London | United Kingdom | 3 |
| HAH | Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport | Moroni | Comoros | 3 |
| HRE | Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport | Harare | Zimbabwe | 3 |
| LLW | Lilongwe International Airport | Lilongwe | Malawi | 3 |
| AMS | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 3 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 3 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | 3 |
| EBB | Entebbe International Airport | Entebbe | Uganda | 3 |
| ZRH | Zürich Airport | Zurich | Switzerland | 3 |
| EDL | Eldoret International Airport | Eldoret | Kenya | 2 |
| JUB | Juba International Airport | Juba | South Sudan | 2 |
| KIS | Kisumu Airport | Kisumu | Kenya | 2 |
| MYD | Malindi Airport | Malindi | Kenya | 2 |
| BOM | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India | 2 |
| CDG | Charles de Gaulle International Airport | Paris | France | 2 |
| WJR | Wajir Airport | Wajir | Kenya | 2 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | 2 |
| ICN | Incheon International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | 2 |
| BZV | Maya-Maya Airport | Brazzaville | Congo (Brazzaville) | 2 |
| FBM | Lubumbashi International Airport | Lubumashi | Congo (Kinshasa) | 2 |
| FIH | Ndjili International Airport | Kinshasa | Congo (Kinshasa) | 2 |
| JIB | Djibouti-Ambouli Airport | Djibouti | Djibouti | 2 |
| NLA | Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport | Ndola | Zambia | 2 |
| JED | King Abdulaziz International Airport | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| JNB | OR Tambo International Airport | Johannesburg | South Africa | 2 |
| JRO | Kilimanjaro International Airport | Kilimanjaro | Tanzania | 2 |
| MRU | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | Plaisance | Mauritius | 2 |
| MWZ | Mwanza Airport | Mwanza | Tanzania | 2 |
| POL | Pemba Airport | Pemba | Mozambique | 2 |
| ZNZ | Abeid Amani Karume International Airport | Zanzibar | Tanzania | 2 |
| IST | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | 2 |
| MGQ | Aden Adde International Airport | Mogadishu | Somalia | 1 |
| FRA | Frankfurt am Main Airport | Frankfurt | Germany | 1 |
| SHJ | Sharjah International Airport | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| SAH | Sana'a International Airport | Sanaa | Yemen | 1 |
| ABJ | Port Bouet Airport | Abidjan | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 |
| ACC | Kotoka International Airport | Accra | Ghana | 1 |
| APL | Nampula Airport | Nampula | Mozambique | 1 |
| BKO | Modibo Keita International Airport | Bamako | Mali | 1 |
| BLZ | Chileka International Airport | Blantyre | Malawi | 1 |
| COO | Cadjehoun Airport | Cotonou | Benin | 1 |
| DEL | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | 1 |
| DLA | Douala International Airport | Douala | Cameroon | 1 |
| GBE | Sir Seretse Khama International Airport | Gaberone | Botswana | 1 |
| KRT | Khartoum International Airport | Khartoum | Sudan | 1 |
| LAD | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport | Luanda | Angola | 1 |
| LOS | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | Lagos | Nigeria | 1 |
| MPM | Maputo Airport | Maputo | Mozambique | 1 |
| NSI | Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport | Yaounde | Cameroon | 1 |
| SEZ | Seychelles International Airport | Mahe | Seychelles | 1 |
| TNR | Ivato Airport | Antananarivo | Madagascar | 1 |
| CAI | Cairo International Airport | Cairo | Egypt | 1 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | 1 |
| ASM | Asmara International Airport | Asmara | Eritrea | 1 |
How to read this page
The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from NBO on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list NBO to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.
The airline list shows which carriers treat NBO as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.