- Great circle
- 1,164 km
- 723 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 1h 57m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 9.0°N
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 2.9%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 243rd longest.
The Nairobi to Addis Ababa route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Nairobi the path crosses Kenya, then Ethiopia.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 9.0°N, 100% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
The heading barely moves: north out of Nairobi, north into Addis Ababa. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.
Nairobi to Addis Ababa, asked and answered
- How far is Nairobi to Addis Ababa?
- Nairobi to Addis Ababa (NBO to ADD) is 1,164 km, or 723 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Nairobi to Addis Ababa?
- About 1h 57m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Nairobi to Addis Ababa flight take?
- The great circle passes over Kenya, then Ethiopia. It reaches 9.0°N at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
Flown this one?
Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15.