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Istanbul (IST) – Riyadh (RUH)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,457 km
1,527 mi · 1,327 nm
Flight time
3 h 40 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
309 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (183 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
597,856
2024 · +22.5%
Flights / week
66
Both directions, average
Seats filled
74%
802,964 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

Traffic: Eurostat (avia_par_tr), reported by the airport in Türkiye, 2024. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from IST to RUHISTRUH
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from IST
132°
Heading from RUH
322°
Halfway point
33.44, 38.56
Great-circle km
2,458 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: July 2024: 78,790 passengers
050K100KJanFebMarAprMayJunJul78.8KAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202439,073
Feb 202439,885
Mar 202424,404
Apr 202440,481
May 202448,659
Jun 202466,701
Jul 202478,790
Aug 202465,043
Sep 202446,451
Oct 202444,996
Nov 202451,463
Dec 202451,910
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: July 2024: 399 flights
0200400JanFebMarAprMayJunJul399AugSepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024247
Feb 2024233
Mar 2024201
Apr 2024264
May 2024274
Jun 2024362
Jul 2024399
Aug 2024349
Sep 2024270
Oct 2024268
Nov 2024283
Dec 2024294

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,458 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Istanbul and Riyadh

RUH
IST2,457
SAW2,393

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Istanbul airports

More routes from IST

Route Distance Passengers / year
IST → IKA2,058 km 2,050,223
IST → ADB358 km 1,896,910
IST → AYT518 km 1,742,584
IST → ESB382 km 1,497,202
IST → DXB3,032 km 1,429,665
IST → LHR2,493 km 1,281,925
IST → VKO1,709 km 1,235,902
IST → JED2,383 km 1,184,492
IST → CDG2,217 km 1,010,453
IST → ATH553 km 981,717

More routes from RUH

Route Distance Passengers / year
RUH → DEL3,041 km 406,930
RUH → BOM2,774 km 382,435
RUH → SAW2,393 km 346,198
RUH → CCJ3,443 km 193,136
RUH → CDG4,655 km 183,759
RUH → HYD3,397 km 150,634
RUH → FRA4,295 km 142,974
RUH → FCO3,674 km 118,914
RUH → TZX1,891 km 118,209
RUH → COK3,541 km 116,511

Questions

Istanbul (IST) and Riyadh (RUH) are 2,457 km (1,527 miles, 1,327 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.