Direct flights from New York (JFK) to Jeddah (JED): 10 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 8 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 10,225 km, an estimated 13 hours 37 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at New York and Jeddah. Updated 2 November 2026 at 17:40 UTC.
Today, JFK → JED
Mon 2 Nov · local times- 11:00 SV20Saudi Arabian Airlines Left 10:54 ·
Checked JFK board 12:40 · JED board 15:18
route health from live JFK and JED delay boards
0 of 8 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
The week
scheduled departures · origin local timeEach 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 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsWeather lens
Conditions are tightest at JFK: a 31% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +2 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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How the New York to Jeddah route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop JFK to JED 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.
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Pro Flight Search: New York (JFK) to Jeddah (JED) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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JFK to JED questions
Is JFK–JED 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 JFK to JED?
Great-circle distance is 10,225 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 752–906 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does JFK–JED fly?
Saudi Arabian Airlines runs the route with about 10 flights a week (daily). 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 JFK and arrival-side delay at JED, 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.