KQ493Kenya Airways · ZNZ → NBO
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Route confirmed Kenya Airways

KQ493 ZanzibarZNZ · 14:40 NairobiNBO · 16:00

KQ493 by Kenya Airways flies from Zanzibar (ZNZ) to Nairobi (NBO).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
14:40

scheduled from ZNZ

The route today

live boards
ZNZZanzibarModerate riskZNZ delay board →
NBONairobiOn-time likelyNBO delay board →
ZNZ→NBOevery 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 Zanzibar to Nairobi flights today

same route · Kenya Airways
KQ498departs 04:40
KQ499departs 04:40
KQ491departs 10:10
KQ495departs 20:40

If KQ493 is cancelled, these are the other Kenya Airways nonstop flights from Zanzibar to Nairobi on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ZNZ local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How KQ493 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for KQ493 across the ZNZ and NBO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Combined risk score: 38.0/100. Based on airport operations, weather, and cached board history at ZNZ and NBO.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how KQ493 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
09-03ZNZ 14:40NBO 15:15
09-02ZNZ 14:40NBO 16:00
08-27CANCELLED
08-26ZNZ 18:35NBO 16:00

Aircraft

Recent tails: 5Y-CYF.

Board clocks recorded as ZNZ and NBO published them.

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