JFK → RUHNew York to Riyadh

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Direct flights from New York (JFK) to Riyadh (RUH): 5 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 36 minutes late. 1 of the 2 tracked flights was cancelled. The nonstop covers 10,480 km, an estimated 13 hours 56 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at New York and Riyadh. Updated 17 October 2026 at 01:43 UTC.

Today, JFK → RUH

Fri 16 Oct · local times
  1. · SV22Saudi Arabian On schedule RUH est. 06:47sched 07:15

Checked JFK board 21:43 · RUH board 04:04

JFK New York smooth · +4
RUH Riyadh tracking
10,480 km · ~13h 56m est.
departs 12:005x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 5x weekly · nonstop
92 / 100

route health from live JFK and RUH delay boards

Median arrival delay is +36 min. 1 of 2 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+36 minacross the last 2 operated legs
Flight time~13h 56mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures5x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Saudi Arabian

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
Saudi ArabianSV

Flights SV22 12:00 Tu We Th Fr Sa

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-13DL6703cancelledCNX
10-10SV22dep +71 → arr+36

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
JFKNew York +4 min smooth 🌤 mostly cloudy · NW 7 kt Full JFK delay board →
RUHRiyadh tracking 🌤 clear · NW 2 kt Full RUH delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at JFK and RUH: 40% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +5 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the New York to Riyadh route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop JFK 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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https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/JFK-RUH
How we measure this →

JFK to RUH questions

Is JFK–RUH running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at JFK is the weaker end, route health score 92/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from JFK to RUH?

Great-circle distance is 10,480 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 770–928 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does JFK–RUH fly?

Saudi Arabian runs the route with about 5 flights a week (tue, 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 JFK 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.