FlynasXY
Flights XY246 17:55 Tu Th Sa
live
Direct flights from Malé (MLE) to Riyadh (RUH): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The nonstop covers 3,681 km, an estimated 5 hours 13 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Malé and Riyadh. Updated 15 September 2026 at 12:33 UTC.
MLE
Malé
tracking
RUH
Riyadh
tracking
3,681 km · ~5h 13m est.
Tracking · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
···
delay history for MLE → RUH is still building
Flight time~5h 13mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Flynas
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 daysAirports right now
live boardsnext sweep in 120s
How the Malé to Riyadh route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop MLE 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
Cite this data
Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.
Suggested citation
Pro Flight Search — Malé (MLE) to Riyadh (RUH) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
Canonical URL
How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/MLE-RUH
MLE to RUH questions
How long is the flight from MLE to RUH?
Great-circle distance is 3,681 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 290–346 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does MLE–RUH fly?
Flynas runs the route with about 3 flights a week (tue, thu, 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 MLE 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.
.