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Cheapest round-trip
$994
Typical prices: $959-$1,425
Etihad Airways
Tue 9/8Wed 9/30
DTW - NBO • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way
$537
Etihad Airways
Tue 9/22
DTW - NBO • 2 stops
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Cheapest • Avg $1,075 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 17h 15m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Detroit to Nairobi (DTW-NBO)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Detroit to Nairobi that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Detroit to Nairobi

Tue, Sep 8 - Wed, Sep 30
Etihad Airways Logo
7:30 am - 6:10 am
DTW
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NBO
39h 40m
2 stops
Etihad Airways Logo
7:05 am - 11:56 pm
NBO
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DTW
47h 51m
2 stops
$994Etihad Airways
Sun, Oct 25 - Sun, Nov 1
Turkish Airlines Logo
9:05 pm - 3:25 am
DTW
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NBO
23h 20m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
4:50 am - 8:00 pm
NBO
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DTW
22h 10m
1 stop
$1,000Turkish Airlines
Tue, Oct 20 - Sat, Oct 31
Turkish Airlines Logo
8:55 pm - 1:25 am
DTW
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NBO
21h 30m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
4:50 am - 7:00 pm
NBO
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DTW
21h 10m
1 stop
$1,000Turkish Airlines
Sat, Oct 3 - Tue, Oct 13
Etihad Airways Logo
6:00 am - 6:05 pm
DTW
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NBO
29h 05m
2 stops
Etihad Airways Logo
1:35 pm - 11:55 pm
NBO
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DTW
41h 20m
2 stops
$1,027Etihad Airways
Sat, Nov 21 - Sat, Nov 28
Lufthansa Logo
2:00 pm - 10:45 pm
DTW
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NBO
24h 45m
3 stops
Lufthansa Logo
11:55 pm - 2:15 pm
NBO
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DTW
22h 20m
1 stop
$1,104Lufthansa
Sat, Nov 21 - Sat, Nov 28
Lufthansa Logo
2:00 pm - 10:45 pm
DTW
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NBO
24h 45m
3 stops
Lufthansa Logo
11:55 pm - 2:15 pm
NBO
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DTW
22h 20m
2 stops
$1,106Lufthansa
Tue, Nov 10 - Mon, Nov 16
Qatar Airways Logo
4:45 pm - 12:05 am
DTW
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NBO
23h 20m
2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
1:35 am - 11:56 pm
NBO
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DTW
30h 21m
2 stops
$1,112Qatar Airways
Thu, Sep 10 - Sun, Sep 27
Delta Logo
4:30 pm - 9:55 pm
DTW
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NBO
22h 25m
1 stop
Delta Logo
11:05 pm - 6:50 pm
NBO
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DTW
26h 45m
1 stop
$1,147Delta
Mon, Aug 10 - Tue, Sep 8
Delta Logo
6:45 pm - 8:45 pm
DTW
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NBO
19h 00m
1 stop
Delta Logo
11:05 pm - 6:50 pm
NBO
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DTW
26h 45m
1 stop
$1,148Delta
Wed, Sep 30 - Mon, Oct 19
Qatar Airways Logo
5:30 pm - 1:40 pm
DTW
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NBO
37h 10m
2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
8:15 am - 4:32 pm
NBO
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DTW
39h 17m
2 stops
$4,709Qatar Airways
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Detroit to Nairobi flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Detroit to Nairobi to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport departing in September.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport usually cost between $1,232 and $2,254 in September.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $994 on Etihad Airways (Sep 8-Sep 30).

What is the cheapest month to fly from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport is April, where tickets cost $978 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,960 and $1,561 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 18% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

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Low season

October

Cheapest flight

$537
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 8% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Detroit to Nairobi

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Detroit to Nairobi based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Detroit to Nairobi flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport was $537 for a one-way ticket and $994 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Detroit and Nairobi?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in Detroit and on arrival in Nairobi.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Detroit to Nairobi?

    On your way to Nairobi, you’ll fly out from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County. You’ll be landing at Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Detroit to Nairobi?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Detroit to Nairobi?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Detroit and Nairobi, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Detroit to Nairobi, Delta or Turkish Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Detroit to Nairobi are Delta and Turkish Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,154 and an overall rating of 7.8, Delta is the most popular choice. Turkish Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $972 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Detroit to Nairobi?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Detroit to Nairobi.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Detroit to Nairobi?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Nairobi from Detroit is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Detroit to Nairobi?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Nairobi with an airline and back to Detroit with another airline. Booking your flights between Detroit and NBO can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Detroit to Nairobi?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Nairobi from Detroit up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Detroit to Nairobi

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Detroit to Nairobi. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Detroit to Nairobi? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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DeltaOverall score based on 8487 reviews
7.8Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.8Entertainment
7.2Food
8.5Crew
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Staff is friendly and helpful but flight was delayed by one hour from Detroit, making for tight window in Toronto to clear Canada Customs and pass through security screening in order to get to connecting flight on time.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Jul 2026
DTW - YYZ
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Staff is friendly and helpful but flight was delayed by one hour from Detroit, making for tight window in Toronto to clear Canada Customs and pass through security screening in order to get to connecting flight on time.

Chaotic boarding at these gates, multiple gates squeezed in at the very end of a concourse, behind a restaurant. Agents gave up on boarding by individual zones. Flight itself was uneventful, which is all we hope for any more.

Weather in Atlanta necessitated an hour's hold on the tarmac before we could leave Detroit. The plane was packed, and I expected some surliness. But no! The crew was fantastic (jovial even!), responsive to people's needs, and kept us informed. Consequently, the passengers took the delay in stride, and what could have been an ugly situation turned out to be no more than a minor inconvenience. The crew were the stars here.

The flight was mostly smooth and direct (although it was 2 hours late). The glow of the flight attendant’s phone was annoying as I tried to sleep on this midnight flight.

Everything about this flight was good except for the very end when I reached my destination. Everyone from the tune to the wheelchair escorts were great with the case were great but I miss you with people at the check in this at the very end. I need help from the chicken desk because I forgot my pillow on the plane The female worker at the chicken desk said that they found my pillow and she was going to retrieve it for me. She left a 30 minutes without any update and her so she saw me walking back and forth waiting for her and they didn't even bother calling her or radioing her for any updates. They were busy because they were behind schedule and they were overwhelmed but thanks because at least glanced me and try to give me an update just a quick radio check or phone call. I don't care about the pillow but if you tell me to wait, I waited for at least half an hour before I said something and I just left because they wouldn't bother talking to me so I could, so everything's going in the review. I took pictures of the two men that were left working at the check-in counter. The totally ignored me despite the signals I've been giving them. I don't see any offers in the kayak review to add pictures or screenshots so I'm going to post another review I don't know their name but I'm pretty sure Delta will find other names when they see the review. Google with pictures. There was another guy at the chicken counter bring an orange workers vest who finally left after telling me that the girl that was retrieving my pillow is working the gates now. That would have been if they just told me that's what happened. But I had no update. Make me wait for nothing. Thank you Delta airlines!

Crew was real good, flight was smooth and came in early.

Should never have had to go to Detroit from Orlando back to Tennessee!

Free & relatively fast Wi-Fi. Would've liked a wider drink selection.

Smooth flight. Left on time, and got in 15 minutes early. Onboard video was great

Everything went smoothly, although the usual gripes about airline travel were still present: the boarding process is inefficient, the snack selection is limited, and so on. Since there was extra space on the flight, the gate agent rearranged many people's seats to put people on the aisles and windows, leaving the middle seats empty, as much as possible, which was pretty great.

Mediocre movies Too cold Didn’t have extra blankets Check in was too long (60-70 min coming 3 hours early) Breakfast was terrible Great WiFi however And smooth ride Dinner was decent

Really good food and service. Qatar Airways is again and again provided an exceptional experience.

Extremely uncomfortable seats with very little cushioning, unable to recline enough to sleep comfortably on this 13 hour overnight flight. My body was in pain by the end.

When we checked in at the Siem Reap Airport in Cambodia, we were only given three boarding passes and told that we would have to check in with American when we arrived in Boston. This was a source of stress for us. After we landed in Boston, we had a long passage from Terminal E to Terminal B (American Airline ticketing counter). Because the electronic ticketing kiosks for check-in would not recognize our Confirmation Code, we had to wait for an hour in a long line where only two AA reps were taking care of Special Services passengers. In many years of both business and recreational travel, I have never had this experience. I would expect more from AA being in partnership with other airlines to do a better job with this.

Our experience on the Doha to Hyderabad segment was extremely stressful due to prolonged delays and a lack of clear communication from the airline. We were traveling as a family, including children, and the uncertainty around timing and next steps caused significant distress. There was very little proactive information provided during the delay, and we were not given clear written explanations about what was happening or how long it might take. This made it difficult to manage the situation, especially while caring for children in a transit environment. In addition, one member of our party was ultimately unable to continue travel, which added to the emotional strain and disruption of the trip. Overall, the experience highlighted gaps in communication, customer care, and handling of unexpected situations. We are sharing this feedback so that future passengers, especially families, are supported with clearer communication and better assistance during irregular operations.

The seat cushions are absolutely lacking, not sure if they know the passengers are traveling for 14 hours straight, but the padding made our back and butt ache like crazy. The entertainment console had its own problems, either the headphone jack wasn't working or the power outlet via usb or ac outlet was not working. Not to mention the seat handles were not adjustable in some planes in the middle or on the aisle. Qatar/Indigo may be operating a very old fleet of planes to make as much profit as possible, but passengers may not be following them for long, should this treatment of its customers continue. Qatar/Indigo, wake up and do it right by your customers, or they may not be your customers anymore.

It would help id flight crew were not rude and showed some courtesy. They were shouting at passengers and yelling instructions as if we were school children at lunch cafeteria!!

All good. Over four hours flight if provided snacks like Qatar Airways would be better

Lobster starter in business class was not good, tough, served cold, and without butter. Movie selection was missing latest releases, did not offer older classic, high quality movies

Boarding was orderly, staff at the counter were friendly and so as most of the staff in the flight. Room for some improvement in entertainment, but overall very good flight.

Average at every level . Poor entertainment selection. Boarding was very poor and disorganized. Flight was late by one hour .

Spent over $20k on for business class tickets from DFW. They used a very old Boeing 777 with old Business class cabin which was unclean and stained seats. On a route they normally operate the modern Boeing 787. The cabin heat was set to hot for 11 hours. On the IST LHE route the business class experience got even worse. They operate an even older Airbus A330 where trip was falling apart, seat recline did not operate and the whole experience left us hugely disappointed. Next time we likely will shift to better quality product which stands up to their hype. Turkish need to relook at their fleet plans and not use their worst assets of perceived week markets such as Pakistan.

The flight from Houston to Chicago was delayed, causing us to miss our connecting flight to Madrid, losing our Rental Car booking in Bologna taking alternative travel routes to get to our initial destination in Pizza by the 15th. We got the notification of the delay as we were traveling the 3 1/2 hours from Corpus Christi, Texas to Houston Texas for the initial flight. The delays hauling luggage all over Milan‘s Central train station to catch trains to get to Pizza the same day resulting us arriving in Pizza at 2 AM leaving us no time to rest as there was a 9 o’clock checkout time the next morning. The first 72 hours of the trip with nothing but headache, a knee injury from the excessive walking and a delayed car rental replacement, which ended up costing significantly more.

We flew business class and it was impressive. So comfortable with delicious food and very attentive and polite staff. Will definitely fly Turkish airlines again.

To get to jet blue at JFK from any connecting flight you have to go through security again.

delayed to take off from detroit by 3 hours lost baggage in istanbul and now in venice without baggage

short flight but we still got a very nice lunch and the crew did an excellent job in taking care of us

Turkish Airline canceled our tickets in the very last minute, with our luggage and everything else, all prepared and good to go. It’s clear that they sold the tickets for better money to someone else. Bad, Bad, Bad business!!!

This is not business class. This is premium economy. Total scam to sell this as business class

Was an excellent experience I have been flying Turkish Airlines for 5 years and always will

Good but I don’t received my bags yet is been 5days still no update

Even after a delay, getting off the ground, thanks for keeping me safe, the airline made certain that my connecting flight was rebooked to get me to my final destination. It was actually rebooked twice, and my luggage still managed to meet me. The airline gave me a credit for food and beverage to be used at the airport vendors, regretfully, the credit did not transfer to my final boarding pass. Oh, well…

Luggage transfer in Chicago was not performed in time. I received my luggage at my destination two days later.

On board Entertainment and crew services were absolutely trash! Neither me, nor any of my 40 family/friends members are flying Lufthansa again!

Food should be provided according to the passengers selection. In flight entertainment system must be updated with latest devices and applications. Proper over head headset must be provided rather than providing cheaper ones.

Very organized check in and boarding experience. Good crew very helpfull.

Deplaning at Frankfurt required ck=limbing steep stairs with no provision for escalator or elevator.

Flight comfort was good. However, due to delayed flight, waiting was too much while boarding. Moreover, food choices can be improved as well.

Flights on time, planes up to date with clean toilets, comfortable seats and working IFE. Helpful Lufthansa staff. Food was good, but can always be better, esp vegan and vegetarian food loaded from the USA. Overall great experience.

We were on a new plane with Lufthansa and everything was clean and seats were comfortable. Staff was courteous and food was good. The only airline that still provides real silverware and not plastic.

there really needs to be more room with each seat for such a long flight.

The plane was delayed almost three hours because boarding was unorganized then we were delayed even longer because the plane had an issue. The plane didn't look well maintained, there was also alot of tape on the exterior. I won't fly kenya air ways again after this trip.

There was chaos checking because of a canceled flight the day prior. Also, we had an issue with tickets. The KQ agent went above a d beyond to help us get on board the flight Overall the 13+ hour flight is uncomfortable in coach. I may try to upgrade on return

For a long haul flight, the seats were too narrow. Paid for extra legroom but wish I could have paid for width! I was pressed against another person for the whole donation of the flight.

The kindness and good humor of all the people who this flight possible was a joy.

They fed me at the right time the flight was smooth and the captain explain everything

Food was awful and the seats were bad. No privacy in business class with the seat next to someone. 15 hours without WiFi!!!

The cabin is due for a refresh - the seats are very thin and not very comfortable. The AVOD system also did not work on one of the seats and the touch screen were very glitchy. The overall cleanliness of the aircraft could be improved

Customer service not the greatest my bags were left behind at JFK

My flight was fine. The stewardess were wonderful. My bag is lost. I am in Madagascar. Please help. Can you help with refund I paid $110. I'm waiting for my sports equipment. Thanks

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