KQ3Kenya Airways · JFK → NBO
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Route confirmed Kenya Airways

KQ3 New YorkJFK · 13:45 NairobiNBO · 10:45

KQ3 by Kenya Airways flies from New York (JFK) to Nairobi (NBO) for the Wed, Oct 14 departure.

Right nowEn route to Nairobi · off blocks 13:45 · on schedule
En route

en route from JFK to NBO

En routeKQ3 · position estimated
JFKNew YorkNBONairobi
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 13:45 · typical taxi-out at JFK ≈ 9.3 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ KQ3 typically leaves +0 and lands −39. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−39 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~39 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 10tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-14
+0 gate · −40 arrival
10-13
−3 gate
10-11
−1 gate · −23 arrival
10-09
+0 gate · −59 arrival
10-07
+16 gate · −39 arrival
10-06
+0 gate · −40 arrival
10-05
+5 gate · +34 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −39 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
NBONairobiOn-time likelyNBO delay board →
JFK→NBOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at JFK and NBO are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How KQ3 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for KQ3 across the JFK and NBO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs on time. Based on 10 confirmed departures · 8/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how KQ3 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-14JFK 13:45 (+0)NBO 10:45 10:05 (−40)
10-13JFK 13:45 13:42 (−3)NBO 10:45
10-11JFK 13:45 13:44 (−1)NBO 10:45 10:22 (−23)
10-09JFK 13:45 (+0)NBO 10:45 09:46 (−59)
10-07JFK 13:45 14:01 (+16)NBO 10:45 10:06 (−39)
10-06JFK 13:45 (+0)NBO 10:45 10:05 (−40)
10-05JFK 13:45 13:50 (+5)NBO 09:56 10:30 (+34)
10-04JFK 13:45 13:36 (−9)NBO 10:45 10:08 (−37)
10-02JFK 13:45 14:14 (+29)NBO 10:45 10:33 (−12)
09-30JFK 13:45 19:45 (+360)NBO 10:45 09:49 (−56)

Aircraft

Recent tails: 5Y-KZG, 5Y-KZC, 5Y-KZF, 5Y-KZD.

Board clocks recorded as JFK and NBO published them.

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