Direct flights from Cape Town (CPT) to Nairobi (NBO): 10 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 7 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 4,100 km, an estimated 5 hours 45 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Cape Town and Nairobi. Updated 3 November 2026 at 13:52 UTC.
Left CPT at 08:12, 52 min after its 07:20 slot.
Landing estimate from 56,198 tracked flights of 4 to 8 hours that left 30 to 59 min late. The NBO board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Track KQ781 →Checked CPT board 15:52 · NBO board 15:48
route health from live CPT and NBO delay boards
0 of 7 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Conditions are tightest at NBO: a 43% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +9 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
next sweep in 120s
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CPT to NBO flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search: Cape Town (CPT) to Nairobi (NBO) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/CPT-NBO
Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at CPT is the weaker end, route health score 84/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 07:20 from CPT. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the NBO delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 4,100 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 319–381 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Kenya Airways runs the route with about 10 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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