KUL → RUHKuala Lumpur to Riyadh

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Direct flights from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Riyadh (RUH): 2 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 2 of the 2 tracked flights were cancelled. The nonstop covers 6,377 km, an estimated 8 hours 41 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Kuala Lumpur and Riyadh. Updated 8 November 2026 at 15:52 UTC.

KUL Kuala Lumpur busy · +20
RUH Riyadh tracking
6,377 km · ~8h 41m est.
departs 17:002x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 2x weekly · nonstop
74 / 100

route health from live KUL and RUH delay boards

2 of 2 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Flight time~8h 41mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures2x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Regent Airways

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Regent AirwaysRX

Flights RX864 17:00 Tu Th

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-07RX864cancelledCNX
11-05RX864cancelledCNX

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
KULKuala Lumpur +20 min busy ⛅ few clouds · 1 kt Full KUL delay board →
RUHRiyadh tracking 🌤 scattered clouds · NNE 9 kt Full RUH delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at RUH: a 26% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +-6 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Kuala Lumpur to Riyadh route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop KUL to RUH flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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KUL to RUH questions

Is KUL–RUH running on time right now?

Mostly on schedule. The departure side at KUL is the weaker end, route health score 74/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from KUL to RUH?

Great-circle distance is 6,377 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 480–577 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does KUL–RUH fly?

Regent Airways runs the route with about 2 flights a week (tue, thu). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at KUL and arrival-side delay at RUH, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.