Live flights over Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 162 departures and 239 arrivals at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, 201 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Johannesburg (JNB), Sharjah (SHJ) and Manama (BAH). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 92 | 129 | 221 |
| Sat 24 | 70 | 110 | 180 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Johannesburg JNB South Africa 11 flights
- Sharjah SHJ United Arab Emirates 10 flights
- Manama BAH Bahrain 7 flights
- Dubai DXB United Arab Emirates 6 flights
- Paris CDG France 4 flights
- Doha DOH Qatar 4 flights
- Zaventem BRU Belgium 2 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 2 flights
- London LHR United Kingdom 2 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 2 flights
- Cape Town CPT South Africa 2 flights
- Johannesburg HLA South Africa 2 flights
- Nairobi WIL 2 flights
- Istanbul IST Türkiye 2 flights
- Dubai DWC United Arab Emirates 2 flights
- Grâce-Hollogne LGG Belgium 1 flights
10 more connections
- London LGW 1
- Luanda NBJ 1
- Victoria SEZ 1
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes NCE 1
- Spata-Artemida ATH 1
- Abu Dhabi AUH 1
- Fujairah FJR 1
- Doha DIA 1
- Hong Kong HKG 1
- Sepang KUL 1
Airlines
- Kenya AirwaysKQA 98
- Jambojet LimitedJMA 92
- Ethiopian AirlinesETH 13
- EmiratesUAE 13
- Qatar AirwaysQTR 12
- Air TanzaniaATC 10
- Uganda AirlinesUGD 7
- Air Atlanta IcelandicABD 6
- Air ArabiaABY 6
- RwandAirRWD 5
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 103
- Boeing 737-800 B738 62
- Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner B788 25
- Embraer E190 E190 23
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 22
- F100 12
- A333 10
- B733 8
- Airbus A320 A320 7
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 7
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Kenya Airways, Jambojet Limited, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates and Qatar Airways.
What are the main connections from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Johannesburg (JNB, 11), Sharjah (SHJ, 10), Manama (BAH, 7), Dubai (DXB, 6) and Paris (CDG, 4). 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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