Cheapest€73.89
- Etihad Airways EA807214:091h 33m15:42Riyadh RUHAbu Dhabi AUH
Door to door 4h 43mCO2 196.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Riyadh to Abu Dhabi flight
Flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi start at €83.92 and take 4h 39m at their fastest.
The Flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi starts at €83.92 and takes 4h 39m door to door, run by 1 operator over 800 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 39mDoor to door
- 1h 29mMoving
- €83.92From
- 196.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€86.28
- Etihad Airways EA458906:221h 29m07:51Riyadh RUHAbu Dhabi AZI
Door to door 4h 39mCO2 196.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Etihad Airways | €73.89 | 4h 35m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
The flight gets you into Abu Dhabi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Abu Dhabi
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When to book Riyadh to Abu Dhabi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €76.8490 days
- €59.7360 days
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- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €59.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 204 percent. The most expensive point is €181.86, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €103.98Sun
- €83.92Mon
- €98.08Tue
- €91.00Wed
- €113.42Thu
- €101.03Fri
- €117.55Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Riyadh
Air
- RUH
Abu Dhabi
Air
- AUH
- AZI
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 800 km against 777 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Doha, Dubai, Manama, Dammam. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Riyadh at 06:22 and the last at 14:09, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Riyadh to Abu Dhabi
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Riyadh to Abu Dhabi take?
The Flight from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi takes 4h 39m door to door, of which 1h 29m is spent moving. The route runs 800 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi cost?
The Flight from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi starts at €83.92 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €86.28. 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 Riyadh to Abu Dhabi?
1 operators run the Flight from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi: Etihad Airways. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi use?
The Flight from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi leaves from Riyadh RUH and arrives at Abu Dhabi AZI. 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.
When should I book the Flight from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi?
Fares for the Flight from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €59.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 204 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi produce?
The Flight from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi produces about 196.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 800 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Riyadh to Abu Dhabi on September 10, 2026: 800 km of route against 777 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €83.92, and 4h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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