Starting out

There are no direct flights to Nairobi. The best choice of airline seems to be Emirates, which takes you first to Dubai, and after a layover, on to Nairobi. From Seattle you leave in late afternoon and arrive in Dubai the next day at about the same (local) time. After a seven hour layover you leave in the very early morning to arrive in Nairobi the next day for breakfast. So you leave Seattle and two days later you're in Kenya. Total flying time is just under 20 hours.