Ankara to Riyadh flight

Flights from Ankara to Riyadh start at £161.87.

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The Flights from Ankara to Riyadh starts at £161.87, run by 4 operators over 2,323 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 20 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 28mDoor to door
  • 3h 53mMoving
  • £161.87 to £423.71From
  • 538.2 kgCO2

£161.87 to £423.71 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Where to buy this flight

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £313.00Wed7
  2. about £423.71Thu8
  3. about £341.82Fri9
  4. about £359.51Sat10
  5. about £348.90Sun11
  6. about £251.84Mon12
  7. about £188.66Tue13
  8. about £209.38Wed14
  9. about £268.53Thu15
  10. about £253.87Fri16
  11. about £265.50Sat17
  12. about £231.62Sun18
  13. about £209.89Mon19
  14. about £161.87Tue20

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Carriers

Airlines

  • Pegasus Airlines
  • Royal Jordanian
  • AJet
  • Royal Air Maroc

The flight gets you into Riyadh. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Riyadh for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Riyadh railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Ankara to Riyadh

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £143.6790 days
  2. £218.9960 days
  3. £157.8245 days
  4. £202.8230 days
  5. £191.6021 days
  6. £161.8714 days
  7. £188.667 days
  8. £341.823 days
  9. £313.001 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £143.67.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 138 percent. The dearest point is £341.82, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. £231.62Sun
  2. £209.89Mon
  3. £188.66Tue
  4. £209.38Wed
  5. £268.53Thu
  6. £253.87Fri
  7. £265.50Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Ankara

Air
  • ESB

Riyadh

Air
  • RUH
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,323 km against 2,131 km in a straight line, a detour of 26 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Istanbul, Cairo, Amman. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The alternatives

Flights against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2
Flight8h 28m3h 53m4h 35m£161.87538.2 kg
Train9h 16m6h 8m3h 8m£234.00539.1 kg

Questions about Ankara to Riyadh

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Ankara to Riyadh take?

The Flight from Ankara to Riyadh covers 2,323 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does the Flight from Ankara to Riyadh cost?

The Flight from Ankara to Riyadh starts at £161.87 for one passenger, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare is £192.46. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Ankara to Riyadh?

4 operators run the Flight from Ankara to Riyadh: Pegasus Airlines, Royal Jordanian, AJet, Royal Air Maroc. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Ankara to Riyadh use?

The Flight from Ankara to Riyadh leaves from Esenboğa International Airport ESB and arrives at King Khalid International Airport RUH. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Flight the best way from Ankara to Riyadh?

The Flight is the cheapest way from Ankara to Riyadh, at £161.87, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Flight from Ankara to Riyadh?

Fares for the Flight from Ankara to Riyadh bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £143.67. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 138 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Ankara to Riyadh produce?

The Flight from Ankara to Riyadh produces about 538.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2323 km, which works out at roughly 232 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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Related journeys

Riyadh is large, and the road in from RUH can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Riyadh

Settled in advance, so the ride into Riyadh costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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