Live flights over Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 470 departures and 683 arrivals at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, 165 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Johannesburg (JNB), Dubai (DXB) and Sharjah (SHJ). The airline seen most often is Kenya Airways.
Airport data
- IATA code
- NBO
- ICAO code
- HKJK
- City
- Nairobi
- Region
- Nairobi City County
- Country
- Kenya
- Elevation
- 1,625 m (5,330 ft)
- Coordinates
- -1.31889, 36.92823
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Nairobi.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 81 | 133 | 214 |
| Mon 2 | 90 | 117 | 207 |
| Tue 3 | 61 | 83 | 144 |
| Wed 4 | 26 | 43 | 69 |
| Thu 5 | 85 | 123 | 208 |
| Fri 6 | 90 | 142 | 232 |
| Sat 7 | 37 | 42 | 79 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Johannesburg JNB South Africa 37 flights
- Dubai DXB United Arab Emirates 34 flights
- Sharjah SHJ United Arab Emirates 21 flights
- Abu Dhabi AUH United Arab Emirates 17 flights
- Manama BAH Bahrain 16 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 12 flights
- Doha DOH Qatar 12 flights
- Paris CDG France 11 flights
- London LHR United Kingdom 9 flights
- Cape Town CPT South Africa 9 flights
- Nairobi WIL 9 flights
- Istanbul IST Türkiye 9 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 7 flights
- Dubai DWC United Arab Emirates 6 flights
- Zaventem BRU Belgium 4 flights
- Grâce-Hollogne LGG Belgium 4 flights
4 more connections
- Victoria SEZ 4
- Luanda NBJ 3
- London LGW 2
- Johannesburg HLA 1
Airlines
- Kenya AirwaysKQA 253
- Jambojet LimitedJMA 246
- EmiratesUAE 36
- Qatar AirwaysQTR 32
- Ethiopian AirlinesETH 31
- Air Atlanta IcelandicABD 30
- Air TanzaniaATC 25
- RwandAirRWD 25
- Turkish AirlinesTHY 22
- Etihad AirwaysETD 21
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 298
- Boeing 737-800 B738 156
- Embraer E190 E190 70
- Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner B788 68
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 49
- Boeing 747-400 B744 47
- F100 33
- Airbus A320 A320 32
- Boeing 767-300 B763 30
- A333 29
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-1.31889/lon/36.92823/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Nairobi right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Jomo Kenyatta International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Nairobi: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of NBO, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Kenya Airways, Jambojet Limited, Emirates, Qatar Airways and Ethiopian Airlines.
What are the main connections from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Johannesburg (JNB, 37), Dubai (DXB, 34), Sharjah (SHJ, 21), Abu Dhabi (AUH, 17) and Manama (BAH, 16). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Nairobi? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Jomo Kenyatta International Airport? +
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has IATA code NBO and ICAO code HKJK. It lies in Nairobi City County, Kenya, at coordinates -1.31889, 36.92823.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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