KQ498Kenya Airways · NBO → ZNZ
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Route confirmed Kenya Airways

KQ498 NairobiNBO ZanzibarZNZ · 02:40

KQ498 by Kenya Airways flies from Nairobi (NBO) to Zanzibar (ZNZ) for the Fri, Nov 13 departure.

Right nowExpected in Zanzibar · today
02:40

arrival expected at ZNZ · 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

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
26%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.7%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at NBO and ZNZ are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route has few tracked flights so far, so treat this as an early read.

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

Tomorrow at Nairobi

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High23°Clikely 21°C to 24°C
Low16°Clikely 15°C to 17°C
  • 83% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Zanzibar

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High32°Clikely 31°C to 33°C
Low25°Clikely 23°C to 25°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

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
KQ490departs 07:40
KQ492departs 12:30
KQ494departs 18:40

If KQ498 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 that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How KQ498 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for KQ498 across the NBO and ZNZ boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Combined risk score: 48.6/100. Based on airport operations, weather, and cached board history at NBO and ZNZ.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how KQ498 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
11-09NBO 01:20ZNZ 02:40

Board clocks recorded as NBO and ZNZ published them.

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