KQ490Kenya Airways · NBO → ZNZ
live · 22m ago
Route confirmed Kenya Airways

KQ490 NairobiNBO · 07:40 ZanzibarZNZ · 09:20

KQ490 by Kenya Airways flies from Nairobi (NBO) to Zanzibar (ZNZ) for the Wed, Sep 9 departure.

Right nowDeparts today · today · as of 10:52
07:40

departs NBO · on schedule

The route today

live boards
NBONairobiModerate riskNBO delay board →
ZNZZanzibarModerate riskZNZ delay board →
NBO→ZNZevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Early read, sample still building
22%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.5%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by NBO (Nairobi), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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.

Other Nairobi to Zanzibar flights today

same route · Kenya Airways
KQ498departs 01:20
KQ492departs 12:30
KQ494departs 18:30

If KQ490 is cancelled, these are the other Kenya Airways nonstop flights from Nairobi to Zanzibar on the same day, with scheduled departure times in NBO local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How KQ490 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for KQ490 across the NBO and ZNZ boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Combined risk score: 43.0/100. Based on airport operations, weather, and cached board history at NBO and ZNZ.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how KQ490 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-07NBO 08:00ZNZ 09:20
09-06NBO 08:00ZNZ 09:20

Board clocks recorded as NBO and ZNZ published them.

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