SV117 distance and great-circle path
SV117 covers 4,748 km, or 2,950 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 255 routes we track, it ranks 168 by distance.
The plane leaves Jeddah heading north-west. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the JED–LHR route appears on a tracker map.
Why SV117 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 6.6 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 721 km/h. A Boeing 787-10 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Winds aloft shift the real flight time by up to an hour in either direction. See how high-altitude winds behave in our guide to turbulence and jet streams.
What to know about SV117
- Time change: you land 2 hours behind the time you left.