RUH → MANRiyadh to Manchester

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Direct flights from Riyadh (RUH) to Manchester (MAN): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 3 of the 3 tracked flights were cancelled. The nonstop covers 5,123 km, an estimated 7 hours 4 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Riyadh and Manchester. Updated 6 November 2026 at 05:40 UTC.

Today, RUH → MAN

Fri 6 Nov · local times
  1. 02:15 RX417RIYADH AIR Cancelled ·

Checked RUH board 06:16 · MAN board 05:40

RUH Riyadh tracking
MAN Manchester smooth · +0
5,123 km · ~7h 04m est.
departs 02:153x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live RUH and MAN delay boards

3 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Flight time~7h 04mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Riyadh Air

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
Riyadh AirRX

Flights RX417 02:15 We Sa Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-06RX417cancelledCNX
11-04RX417cancelledCNX
10-30RX417cancelledCNX

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
RUHRiyadh tracking 🌤 clear · ESE 4 kt Full RUH delay board →
MANManchester +0 min smooth 🌤 scattered clouds · 1 kt Full MAN delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at MAN: a 47% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +15 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Riyadh to Manchester route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop RUH to MAN 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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How we measure this →

RUH to MAN questions

Is RUH–MAN running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from RUH to MAN?

Great-circle distance is 5,123 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 392–469 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does RUH–MAN fly?

Riyadh Air runs the route with about 3 flights a week (sun, wed, 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 RUH and arrival-side delay at MAN, 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.