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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Nairobi ⇄ John F Kennedy International NBO–JFK

Airlines flew 518 flights between Nairobi, Kenya NBO in Nairobi, KE and John F Kennedy International JFK in New York, NY in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 99,108 passengers in 121,212 seats, 82% of them filled, and 5,630,387 pounds of freight. 7,360 miles, on 1 airline: Kenya Airways PLC (518).

518
flights, twelve months
NBO-JFK: 261 · JFK-NBO: 257
99,108
passengers
82% of seats filled
7,360
miles
1
airline
1 aircraft type

Flights by month both directions

0163350661/254/257/2510/251/264/26587/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/2566
2/2552
3/2546
4/2550
5/2550
6/2554
7/2556
8/2564
9/2536
10/2536
11/2532
12/2548
1/2648
2/2630
3/2634
4/2634
5/2644
6/2654
7/2658

Passengers by month

02,9855,9708,95611,9411/254/257/2510/251/264/2611,4677/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2511,941
2/259,003
3/257,569
4/258,663
5/259,186
6/2510,999
7/2511,472
8/2511,824
9/257,073
10/256,714
11/255,840
12/258,483
1/268,981
2/265,271
3/267,408
4/266,844
5/268,991
6/2610,212
7/2611,467

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Kenya Airways PLC KQ51899,10882%scheduled passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
B787-800 Dreamliner51823499,108

NBO → JFK this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

261 flights, 51,188 passengers in 61,074 seats, 1,213,800 pounds of freight. Kenya Airways PLC 261.

JFK → NBO this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

257 flights, 47,920 passengers in 60,138 seats, 4,416,587 pounds of freight. Kenya Airways PLC 257.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Nairobi, Kenya NBO and John F Kennedy International JFK; all routes.