2,458 km · International

İstanbul (IST) – King Khalid (RUH)

From Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026, 360 flights operated between İstanbul and King Khalid (both directions), counted by us from flight boards published by Turkey's airports authority.

Our own count · Oct 15, 2026 according to Turkey's airports authority every scheduled flight on the route

Flights per day

Counted by us from airport flight boards, day by day. This is not an official statistic, and today and yesterday are left out until all flights have landed.

This source does not record actual departure times, so the on-time rate cannot be measured on this route.

Airlines on this route

  1. Turkish Airlines 47.3%
  2. Saudia 24.9%
  3. Flynas 16.8%
  4. flyadeal 10.9%

Sep 18, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026

By direction

IST → RUH

Flights operated
189

RUH → IST

Flights operated
171

IST → RUH and RUH → IST counted separately.

Official monthly figures

according to Eurostat · December 2024

Passengers per month

The most recent periods24 periods
PeriodPassengers 2023Passengers 2024Change vs last year
January33,06839,073▲ 18.2%
February26,76939,885▲ 49.0%
March29,03324,404▼ 15.9%
April27,15940,481▲ 49.1%
May37,28748,659▲ 30.5%
June45,35066,701▲ 47.1%
July65,16478,790▲ 20.9%
August64,97765,043▲ 0.1%
September43,49846,451▲ 6.8%
October38,53244,996▲ 16.8%
November37,63751,463▲ 36.7%
December39,48851,910▲ 31.5%
Year to date (Jan–Dec)487,962597,856▲ 22.5%

Seats offered per month

The most recent periods24 periods
PeriodSeats offered 2023Seats offered 2024Change vs last year
January48,85552,738▲ 7.9%
February39,17051,278▲ 30.9%
March47,78442,314▼ 11.4%
April46,56660,067▲ 29.0%
May54,49660,987▲ 11.9%
June61,94285,849▲ 38.6%
July81,28899,805▲ 22.8%
August91,48393,775▲ 2.5%
September62,26764,123▲ 3.0%
October56,62062,864▲ 11.0%
November52,46063,447▲ 20.9%
December51,81465,717▲ 26.8%
Year to date (Jan–Dec)694,745802,964▲ 15.6%

Load factor (calculated)

Calculated by us: passengers ÷ seats offered, both from the same source and shown on this page.

The most recent periods24 periods
PeriodLoad factor 2023Load factor 2024Change vs last year
January67.7%74.1%▲ 9.5%
February68.3%77.8%▲ 13.9%
March60.8%57.7%▼ 5.1%
April58.3%67.4%▲ 15.6%
May68.4%79.8%▲ 16.7%
June73.2%77.7%▲ 6.1%
July80.2%78.9%▼ 1.6%
August71.0%69.4%▼ 2.3%
September69.9%72.4%▲ 3.6%
October68.1%71.6%▲ 5.1%
November71.7%81.1%▲ 13.1%
December76.2%79.0%▲ 3.7%
Year-to-date average (Jan–Dec)69.5%73.9%▲ 6.4%

Monthly totals for both directions, published by Eurostat. Latest month available: December 2024. Eurostat publishes route figures about two years after the month ends, so recent months are not yet available. These are official counts from a statistics agency. The chart above is our own day-by-day count, so the two will not match exactly.

Airlines on this route

Sep 18, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026
AirlineScheduled flights Share Cancelled
Turkish Airlines TK 222 47.3% 65
Saudia SV 117 24.9% 15
Flynas XY 79 16.8% 4
flyadeal F3 51 10.9% 25

Counted from flight boards. Codeshares are merged into one flight; airlines under 5% of flights are grouped, because airline codes on flight boards are sometimes reused by another carrier.

Flight numbers on this route

4
Flight numbersBy direction DeparturesOn time
XY0300 IST → RUH 38
TK141 RUH → IST 37 16.2%
TK145 RUH → IST 37 21.6%
TK140 IST → RUH 36

Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.

Daily figures
PeriodFlights operated IST → RUHRUH → IST Cancelled
Oct 15, 2026 0 0 0 14
Oct 14, 2026 3 2 1 12
Oct 13, 2026 5 3 2 12
Oct 12, 2026 5 4 1 10
Oct 11, 2026 2 1 1 16
Oct 10, 2026 9 5 4 9
Oct 9, 2026 7 3 4 14
Oct 8, 2026 14 10 4 5
Oct 7, 2026 15 8 7 1
Oct 6, 2026 16 8 8 1
Oct 5, 2026 14 8 6 2
Oct 4, 2026 18 9 9 0
Oct 3, 2026 17 9 8 0
Oct 2, 2026 15 8 7 2
Oct 1, 2026 17 9 8 0
Sep 30, 2026 14 7 7 1
Sep 29, 2026 14 7 7 2
Sep 28, 2026 15 8 7 2
Sep 27, 2026 19 9 10 0
Sep 26, 2026 20 10 10 0
Sep 25, 2026 16 8 8 1
Sep 24, 2026 16 8 8 0
Sep 23, 2026 14 7 7 2
Sep 22, 2026 16 8 8 0
Sep 21, 2026 15 8 7 0
Sep 20, 2026 17 8 9 2
Sep 19, 2026 18 9 9 0
Sep 18, 2026 9 5 4 1

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