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How long is the flight from Saudi Arabia to each destination?

Every direct route from Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam in one table: flight time, distance, airlines, weekly flights and the entry rule for Saudi passports. Search your destination, or ask for your ticket straight away.

From Riyadh: nearest first

DestinationCountryTimeDistanceDirect airlinesFlightsEntry for Saudis
IstanbulTurkey—About 2,400 kmTurkish Airlines, Saudia, flynas, flyadeal, Pegasus, AJet—Visa-free
Al QassimSaudi Arabia1 hAbout 330 kmSaudiaOne or two a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
DammamSaudi Arabia1 h 15 minAbout 350 kmSaudia, flynas, flyadealMore than 20 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
TaifSaudi Arabia1 h 30 minAbout 740 kmSaudia, flynas, flyadealAbout 8 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
AbhaSaudi Arabia1 h 35 minAbout 860 kmSaudia, flynas, flyadealAbout 20 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
JeddahSaudi Arabia1 h 40 minAbout 860 kmSaudia, Riyadh Air, flynas, flyadealMore than 60 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
MadinahSaudi Arabia1 h 40 minAbout 710 kmSaudia, flynas, flyadealAbout 17 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
AlUlaSaudi Arabia1 h 55 minAbout 880 kmSaudia, flynasOne a day with Saudia, and 3 a week with flynasDomestic (national ID is enough)
TabukSaudi Arabia2 hAbout 1,080 kmSaudia, flynas, flyadealAbout 10 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
the Red SeaSaudi Arabia2 h 10 minAbout 970 kmSaudiaOne or two a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
MuscatOman2 h 15 minAbout 1,190 kmOman Air, SalamAir, Saudia (from 27 October 2026)—Visa-free
SalalahOman2 h 25 min—Saudia (seasonal), flynas (seasonal)—Visa-free
DubaiUnited Arab Emirates2 h 30 minAbout 880 kmEmirates, Saudia, Riyadh Air, flydubai, flynas, flyadeal—Visa-free
AmmanJordan2 h 30 minAbout 1,300 kmRoyal Jordanian, Saudia, flynas—Visa-free
HurghadaEgypt2 h 30 minAbout 1,320 kmflynas, Air CairoOne a day on Air Cairo, and two a week on flynasVisa-free
Sharm El SheikhEgypt2 h 35 minAbout 1,280 kmSaudia, flynas—Visa-free
CairoEgypt3 hAbout 1,600 kmEgyptAir, Saudia, Riyadh Air, Nesma Airlines, flynas, flyadeal, Nile Air, Air Cairo, Air Arabia Egypt—Visa-free
AntalyaTurkey3 h 15 minAbout 2,020 kmflynas (summer seasonal), Saudia (summer seasonal)—Visa-free
RizeNorthern Turkey3 h 20 minAbout 1,900 kmflynas (seasonal, in summer)—Visa-free
AlexandriaEgypt3 h 25 min—Saudia, EgyptAir, Air Arabia Egypt, flynasAbout 12 direct flights a weekVisa-free
TrabzonTurkey3 h 30 minAbout 1,900 kmflynas, Pegasus (seasonal from summer 2027)—Visa-free
BakuAzerbaijan3 h 30 minAbout 1,760 kmflynas, Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) (seasonal in summer)—Visa-free
TbilisiGeorgia3 h 30 minAbout 1,870 kmflynas, Saudia (seasonal in summer)—Visa-free
AthensGreece4 h 30 minAbout 2,600 kmAegean Airlines, SaudiaAbout 6 a week on two airlinesVisa in advance
NairobiKenya4 h 55 minAbout 3,120 kmflynas3 a weekElectronic permit before travel
SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina5 hAbout 3,330 kmflynas—Visa-free
RomeItaly6 hAbout 3,690 kmSaudia, ITA Airways—Visa in advance
the MaldivesMaldives6 hAbout 3,700 kmflynas (winter seasonal)—Visa on arrival
ViennaAustria6 h 20 minAbout 3,700 kmSaudia, flynas (seasonal)—Visa in advance
MilanItaly6 h 20 minAbout 4,100 kmflynas, Riyadh Air (from 16 December 2026), Saudia (summer seasonal)—Visa in advance
ParisFrance6 h 55 minAbout 4,680 kmSaudia, Air France—Visa in advance
LondonUnited Kingdom7 hAbout 4,970 kmSaudia, Riyadh Air, British Airways (returning 4 November 2026)—Electronic permit before travel
GenevaSwitzerland7 hAbout 4,320 kmSaudia, flynas (summer seasonal)—Visa in advance
MadridSpain7 h 15 minAbout 4,960 kmRiyadh Air—Visa in advance
ManchesterUnited Kingdom7 h 25 minAbout 5,150 kmRiyadh Air3 a weekElectronic permit before travel
BangkokThailand7 h 30 minAbout 5,800 kmSaudia, Riyadh Air—Visa-free
CasablancaMorocco7 h 40 minAbout 5,320 kmSaudia—Visa-free
Kuala LumpurMalaysia8 hAbout 6,400 kmRiyadh Air, Saudia (seasonal in summer)—Electronic permit before travel
BeijingChina8 h 35 minAbout 6,630 kmAir China—Visa-free
GuangzhouChina8 h 45 minAbout 6,720 kmSaudia, China Southern (from January 2027)3 a week with SaudiaVisa-free
Hong KongHong Kong9 h 25 minAbout 6,820 kmCathay Pacific (from 1 February 2027)—Visa-free
TokyoJapan10 h 25 minAbout 8,780 kmSaudia—E-visa
ShanghaiChina10 h 30 minAbout 7,300 kmChina Eastern—Visa-free
ManilaPhilippines10 h 45 minAbout 7,820 kmPhilippine Airlines, Saudia, Riyadh Air, Cebu Pacific4 a day on four airlinesElectronic permit before travel

From Jeddah: nearest first

DestinationCountryTimeDistanceDirect airlinesFlightsEntry for Saudis
AbhaSaudi Arabia1 h 20 minAbout 530 kmSaudia, flyadeal, flynasAbout 14 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
the Red SeaSaudi Arabia1 h 20 minAbout 465 kmSaudiaOne a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
RiyadhSaudi Arabia1 h 35 minAbout 860 kmSaudia, Riyadh Air, flynas, flyadealMore than 60 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
TabukSaudi Arabia1 h 40 minAbout 790 kmSaudia, flynas, flyadealAbout 8 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
HurghadaEgypt1 h 40 minAbout 820 kmAir CairoOne a dayVisa-free
DammamSaudi Arabia1 h 55 minAbout 1,210 kmSaudia, flynas, flyadealAbout 20 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
CairoEgypt2 hAbout 1,220 kmSaudia, EgyptAir, Nile Air, Nesma Airlines, flynas, flyadeal, Air Cairo, Air Arabia Egypt—Visa-free
AlexandriaEgypt2 h 40 min—Saudia, EgyptAir, Air Cairo, Air Arabia Egypt, flyadealAbout 40 direct flights a weekVisa-free
DubaiUAE2 h 45 minAbout 1,700 kmSaudia, Emirates, flydubai, flynas—Visa-free
TrabzonTurkey3 hAbout 2,160 kmflynas, Pegasus (seasonal from summer 2027)—Visa-free
RizeNorthern Turkey3 h 20 minAbout 2,180 kmflynas (seasonal, in summer)3 a week in season (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday)Visa-free
AthensGreece3 h 40 minAbout 2,330 kmAegean Airlines, Saudia (summer seasonal)One a dayVisa in advance
NairobiKenya3 h 55 minAbout 2,580 kmSaudiaOne a dayElectronic permit before travel
IstanbulTurkey4 hAbout 2,400 kmTurkish Airlines, Saudia, flyadeal, flynas, Pegasus, AJet—Visa-free
TunisTunisia5 h 15 minAbout 3,270 kmSaudia, TunisairTwo a dayVisa-free
BudapestHungary5 h 20 minAbout 3,390 kmWizz Air (from 27 October 2026)—Visa in advance
AlmatyKazakhstan6 hAbout 4,260 kmSCAT AirlinesOne a week, with more in some seasonsElectronic permit before travel
TashkentUzbekistan6 h 30 minAbout 3,580 kmflynas, Centrum Air, Uzbekistan AirwaysAbout 11 a week on three airlinesVisa-free
LondonUnited Kingdom6 h 45 minAbout 4,770 kmSaudia—Electronic permit before travel
TangierMorocco6 h 55 minAbout 4,640 kmSaudiaOne a weekVisa-free
ManchesterUnited Kingdom7 h 10 minAbout 4,980 kmSaudiaOne a dayElectronic permit before travel
GuangzhouChina9 h 20 minAbout 7,570 kmSaudiaAbout 3 to 4 a week with SaudiaVisa-free
Kuala LumpurMalaysia9 h 45 minAbout 7,100 kmSaudia, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, Batik Air Malaysia—Electronic permit before travel
ManilaPhilippines10 h 45 minAbout 8,640 kmSaudiaOne a dayElectronic permit before travel

From Dammam: nearest first

DestinationCountryTimeDistanceDirect airlinesFlightsEntry for Saudis
RiyadhSaudi Arabia1 hAbout 350 kmSaudia, flynas, flyadealMore than 20 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
DubaiUAE1 h 30 minAbout 575 kmEmirates, flydubai, flynas (from 25 October 2026)—Visa-free
JeddahSaudi Arabia2 hAbout 1,210 kmSaudia, flynas, flyadealAbout 20 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
MadinahSaudi Arabia2 hAbout 1,040 kmflynas, flyadealAbout 6 to 7 direct flights a dayDomestic (national ID is enough)
CairoEgypt3 hAbout 1,850 kmEgyptAir, Nile Air, Nesma Airlines, flynas, flyadeal, Air Cairo, Air Arabia Egypt—Visa-free
TrabzonTurkey3 h 30 minAbout 1,870 kmflynas (seasonal, in summer), AJet, Pegasus (seasonal from summer 2027)—Visa-free
IstanbulTurkey4 hAbout 2,500 kmTurkish Airlines, Pegasus—Visa-free

Times are the airlines' scheduled direct flights and vary slightly by season and aircraft. The entry rule is for ordinary Saudi passports travelling for tourism; the details are in the “Do I need a visa?” table. Last reviewed: أكتوبر 2026.

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Frequently asked questions about flight times

What is the longest direct flight from Saudi Arabia in this table?

Jeddah–Manila: about 10 h 45 min, a distance of about 8,640 km.

What is the shortest direct international flight?

Dammam–Dubai: about an hour and a half, a distance of about 575 km.

How long are the flights from Riyadh to the most popular destinations?

Istanbul about 4 to 4.5 hours; Cairo about 3 hours; Dubai about 2.5 hours; Tbilisi about 3.5 hours; London about 7 hours; Kuala Lumpur about 8 hours.

Do the times in the table include a stopover?

No. The time shown is the direct flight, take-off to landing. Connecting itineraries add at least two hours depending on the stop, and we explain the difference before you book.

Why is the return flight a different length?

Jet-stream winds: westbound flights (to Europe, for example) usually take 15 to 30 minutes longer than the return, and the opposite applies eastbound to Asia.

Which terminal do international flights use at King Khalid Airport in Riyadh?

Since February 2026: Terminals 1 and 2 for international flights on the national carriers (Saudia, flynas, flyadeal and Riyadh Air), Terminal 5 for foreign airlines, Terminal 3 for domestic flights on flynas, flyadeal and Riyadh Air, and Terminal 4 for Saudia's domestic flights.