Direct flights from London (LHR) to Riyadh (RUH): 6 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 0% of the last 9 tracked flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. 9 of the 14 tracked flights were cancelled. The nonstop covers 4,941 km, an estimated 6 hours 50 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at London and Riyadh. Updated 9 November 2026 at 15:18 UTC.
Today, LHR → RUH
Mon 9 Nov · local times
RX402Riyadh AirIn the air, 72 min late
Left LHR at 10:42, 72 min after its 09:30 slot.
Likely landing
about 19:40middle half 19:27 to 19:52 · sched 19:00
Landing estimate from 20,927 tracked flights of 4 to 8 hours that left 60 to 119 min late. The RUH board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop LHR 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.
High disruption likely. The departure side at LHR is the weaker end, route health score 30/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from LHR to RUH?
Great-circle distance is 4,941 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 379–454 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does LHR–RUH fly?
Saudia runs the route with about 6 flights a week (sun, mon, wed, thu, fri, sat). 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 LHR 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.
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