Saudia· Callsign SVA117 ·Daily

SV117 from Riyadh to London, tracked live

London has been a marquee Saudia destination since the early jet era.

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RUH
Riyadh
King Khalid International Airport
09:30 UTC+3
6h 35m
4,940 km · 3,070 mi
Non-stop
LHR
London
London Heathrow Airport
14:05 GMT (UTC+0)
Typical schedule · next departure Friday, October 30 · times shown in airport local time
Aircraft
Boeing 787-10
typical equipment
Distance
4,940 km
2,667 nautical miles
Heading
319°
tracks north-west
Clock change
-3 h
on arrival
Block speed
750 km/h
gate to gate average
Range used
42%
of the type's book range
Length rank
#230
of 439 tracked routes

Follow SV117 in real time

The aircraft appears below whenever it is airborne and inside receiver coverage. Its planned route is drawn between the two airports.

SV117 is not transmitting right now. It may be between rotations, on the ground, or out of receiver range - Check back near 09:30 at JED. The full map has the rest of the sky, and what is flying over me will name whatever is above you instead.

SV117 at a glance

  • The trip: 4,940 km (3,070 miles) from Riyadh to London, flying north-west.
  • How long: 6h 35m gate to gate. That is about 750 km/h on average, taxi time included.
  • Your watch: set it 3 hours back on arrival.
  • Window seat tip: the left (south-facing) side gets the sun on a daytime flight.
  • The plane: usually a Boeing 787-10. This route uses about 42% of how far it can fly.
  • When it goes: out of RUH in mid-morning, into LHR in the afternoon.

SV117 route overview: RUH to LHR

SV117 distance and great-circle path

SV117 covers 4,940 km, or 3,070 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 439 routes we track, it ranks 230 by distance.

The plane leaves Riyadh 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 RUH-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 750 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.

Can the Boeing 787-10 comfortably fly SV117?

Not at all. At roughly 42% of its range, this is an easy trip for a Boeing 787-10. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 787-10.

What to know about SV117

  • Time change: you land 3 hours behind the time you left.

SV117 activity in the past 7 days

Our database contains 7 observations of SV117 across 7 UTC dates in this window, most recently 2026-10-28. Those records contain 5 distinct transponder addresses. The most frequently resolved route was RUH-LHR (7 records).

The median recorded visibility was 247 minutes. That is time inside receiver coverage, not airborne duration or an on-time-performance measurement.

Date (UTC)RouteFirst trackedLast trackedTracked for
2026-10-28 RUH → LHR 16:26 UTC 20:09 UTC 3h 43m
2026-10-27 RUH → LHR 16:19 UTC 21:07 UTC 4h 49m
2026-10-26 RUH → LHR 16:59 UTC 20:53 UTC 3h 54m
2026-10-25 RUH → LHR 16:29 UTC 21:13 UTC 4h 44m
2026-10-24 RUH → LHR 16:04 UTC 20:11 UTC 4h 7m
2026-10-23 RUH → LHR 15:38 UTC 19:35 UTC 3h 57m
2026-10-22 RUH → LHR 15:01 UTC 20:01 UTC 5h 0m

“First/last tracked” are when SV117 entered and left receiver coverage, in UTC.

Airports and aircraft on SV117

Every scheduled service we follow is listed in the tracker directory, including Saudia and other tracked flights grouped by airline.

RUH King Khalid International Airport Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · live radar →
LHR London Heathrow Airport London, United Kingdom · live radar →
B78X Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner Typical equipment · specs →

How much CO2 does SV117 emit?

Worked from the great-circle distance and the fuel burn measured for Boeing 787-10, the aircraft normally flying this route. Carbon dioxide only - see the method below.

Distance flown4,940 km
AircraftBoeing 787-10 Dreamliner
Fuel burn rate6.1 kg per km
Fuel burned30,139 kg
CO2, whole flight95.2 tonnes
Seats, typical layout330
Passengers carried274 at an 83% load factor
CO2 per passenger348 kg

Where that lands by cabin

The aircraft burns the same fuel whoever is aboard, so the cabins divide one total rather than each carrying their own. A seat's share is the floor it takes up, which is why an economy seat comes out below the 348 kg cabin average and a flat bed well above it.

Economy271 seats, 225 flown
251 kg CO2 per seat
Business50 seats, 42 flown
729 kg CO2 per seat
First10 seats, 8 flown
1,006 kg CO2 per seat

Taken whole, SV117 emits what 1,587 trees take back out of the air in a year. One economy seat on it accounts for about the same carbon dioxide as driving a petrol car 2,045 km, or 9,931 km of the same journey by train.

How this is worked out. Fuel burn is read from published measurements of this type, taken at a 0 km sector, the only published sector for this type, applied to this route's 4,940 km unadjusted. It counts carbon dioxide only, and the cabin split assumes the layout typical of this size of aircraft. Read the full method, sources and caveats, or put SV117 against another flight.

Other tracked flights from Riyadh

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SV1020Riyadh (RUH) → Jeddah (JED) Airbus A321SV1020 flight tracker →

Guides relevant to SV117

Chosen from this route's distance, timing, aircraft, airline and airports.

Narrowbody vs widebody aircraft A long-haul sector makes aircraft size, cabin layout and range especially relevant.
Boeing versus Airbus The typical aircraft is built by Boeing; these visual clues help identify it.
Airline alliances explained Saudia belongs to SkyTeam, which affects connections and codeshares.

Data sources and review

Reviewed 2026-07-29 by Flight-Tracker.net Editorial Team

A stored observed route has replaced the curated route on this page. Live ADS-B observations are evidence of receiver coverage, not proof of on-time performance. Always confirm the operating date and times with the airline.

Read our schedule and observation review process, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

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SV117 frequently asked questions

How long is the SV117 flight?

Riyadh to London is 4,940 km (3,070 miles) in a straight line, scheduled at 6.6 hours gate to gate. Actual airborne time varies with winds, routing and holding.

What aircraft operates SV117?

Typically a Boeing 787-10 (full specifications), using roughly 42% of that type's published range.

Does SV117 fly every day?

The published pattern is daily, departing 09:30 local from JED. Always confirm with the airline before travelling.

Can I track SV117 live?

Yes. Whenever SV117 is airborne and in receiver coverage the map above follows it live, with altitude, ground speed and heading. Between rotations, the seven-day log above shows where it has been.

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