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Addis Ababa to Kinshasa

1 operator run this water, from 4 h 14.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Ethiopian Airlines ADD → FIH 2985 km non-stop 788 in the air 5 h 44 est. rate not held 705 km/h average

Other ways to reach Kinshasa

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Kinshasa without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Brazzaville – Kinshasa 32 min Camair-co
Mbandaka – Kinshasa 1 h 14 Baikotovitchestrian Airlines
Kananga – Kinshasa 1 h 30 Baikotovitchestrian Airlines
Libreville – Kinshasa 1 h 34 Ethiopian Airlines
Mbuji Mayi – Kinshasa 1 h 39 Baikotovitchestrian Airlines
Kisangani – Kinshasa 2 h 02 Baikotovitchestrian Airlines
Lubumbashi – Kinshasa 2 h 26 Baikotovitchestrian Airlines
Nairobi – Kinshasa 3 h 31 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Johannesburg – Kinshasa 3 h 58 South African Airways
Casablanca – Kinshasa 6 h 34 Royal Air Maroc

And other ways to reach Addis Ababa

Jimma – Addis Ababa 50 min Ethiopian Airlines
Bahir Dar – Addis Ababa 55 min Ethiopian Airlines
Girany Amba – Addis Ababa 55 min Ethiopian Airlines
Arba Minch – Addis Ababa 56 min Ethiopian Airlines
Dire Dawa – Addis Ababa 56 min Ethiopian Airlines
Azezo – Addis Ababa 1 h 02 Ethiopian Airlines
Jijiga – Addis Ababa 1 h 04 Ethiopian Airlines
Asosa – Addis Ababa 1 h 06 Ethiopian Airlines
Gambela – Addis Ababa 1 h 06 Ethiopian Airlines
Mekele – Addis Ababa 1 h 08 Ethiopian Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Addis Ababa

Abuja · Accra · Ad Dammam · Arba Minch · Arusha · Asosa · Axum · Azezo · Bahir Dar · Bamako · Bangkok · Beijing · Beirut · Blantyre

Also from Kinshasa

Brazzaville · Casablanca · Istanbul · Johannesburg · Kananga · Kisangani · Libreville · Lubumbashi · Mbandaka · Mbuji Mayi · Nairobi · Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) · Zaventem

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Addis Ababa–Kinshasa crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.