KQ100 distance and great-circle path
KQ100 covers 6,841 km, or 4,251 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 255 routes we track, it ranks 128 by distance.
The plane leaves Nairobi heading north-west. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the NBO–LHR route appears on a tracker map.
Why KQ100 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 9.0 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 760 km/h. A Boeing 787-8 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Winds aloft shift the real flight time by up to an hour in either direction. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
What to know about KQ100
- Time change: you land 2 hours behind the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.
- High airport at the start: NBO sits 5,330 ft up. Thin air means a longer takeoff run.