- Great circle
- 602 km
- 374 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 1h 15m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 6.2°S
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 1.5%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 275th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Nairobi the path crosses Kenya, then Tanzania, then 87 km of open water.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 6.2°S, 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: south-east out of Nairobi, south-east into Zanzibar. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.
Nairobi to Zanzibar, asked and answered
- How far is Nairobi to Zanzibar?
- Nairobi to Zanzibar (NBO to ZNZ) is 602 km, or 374 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Nairobi to Zanzibar?
- About 1h 15m 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 Zanzibar flight take?
- The great circle passes over Kenya, then Tanzania, then 87 km of open water. It reaches 6.2°S 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.
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