Sanaa to Nairobi flight

Flights from Sanaa to Nairobi start at €211.95 and take 6h 14m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Sanaa to Nairobi starts at €211.95 and takes 6h 14m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,081 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 14mDoor to door
  • 3h 4mMoving
  • €211.95From
  • 511.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€177.14
  1. Yemenia Y951107:301h 45m09:15Sanaa SAHAddis Ababa ADD
  2. Ethiopian Airlines EA267110:042h 6m12:10Addis Ababa ADDNairobi NBO

Changes at Addis Ababa, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 50mCO2 528.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€178.32
  1. Yemenia Y680406:123h 4m09:16Sanaa SAHNairobi NBO

Door to door 6h 14mCO2 511.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Yemenia€178.326h 11m740 km/hFixed fareNot published

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Rooms within reach of Nairobi Terminus

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Booking window

When to book Sanaa to Nairobi

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €222.5790 days
  2. €154.7260 days
  3. €148.8245 days
  4. €153.5430 days
  5. €197.2021 days
  6. €305.1714 days
  7. €342.937 days
  8. €394.853 days
  9. €437.921 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €148.82.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €437.92, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €247.35Sun
  2. €239.09Mon
  3. €211.95Tue
  4. €213.13Wed
  5. €328.18Thu
  6. €256.20Fri
  7. €305.17Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Sanaa

Air
  • SAH

Nairobi

Air
  • NBO
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,081 km against 2,021 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Khartoum. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Sanaa at 06:12 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Sanaa to Nairobi

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi take?

The Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi takes 6h 14m door to door, of which 3h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 2,081 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi cost?

The Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi starts at €211.95 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €196.91. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi?

1 operators run the Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi: Yemenia. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi use?

The Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi leaves from Sanaa SAH and arrives at Nairobi NBO. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi?

Fares for the Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €148.82. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi produce?

The Flight from Sanaa to Nairobi produces about 511.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2081 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Sanaa to Nairobi on September 12, 2026: 2081 km of route against 2021 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €211.95, and 6h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

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A car waiting when you land in Nairobi

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