Informational Guide to King Khalid International Airport (RUH) - Non Official

NE161 Nesma Airlines - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about Nesma Airlines flight NE161, which currently operates between the airports of Riyadh - Riyadh King Khalid International Airport (Airport Code RUH) and Cairo - Cairo International Airport (Airport Code CAI).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Tuesday, December 09, 2025.

NE161 On Time performance:
81
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

NE161 Nesma Airlines to Cairo

Landed - Delayed
Delay: 41 minutes
Flight Status for Tuesday December 09, 2025

Airline information

Nesma Airlines
Nesma Airlines
Equipment: Airbus A320

Departure

Riyadh (RUH)
December 09, 2025
Riyadh King Khalid International Airport
Departed at:
08:02
Terminal:
2
Gate:
-
Scheduled Departure Time: 06:40

Arrival

Cairo (CAI)
December 09, 2025
Cairo International Airport
Arrived at:
09:31
Terminal:
1
Gate:
-
Scheduled Arrival Time: 08:50
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Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight NE161?
The flight NE161 is scheduled to flight on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday on a weekly basis.

Which is the distance of flight NE161?
The distance between the two airports is 1612 kilometers.

Which is the flight time of flight NE161?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 03:10 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 02:44 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Riyadh: 2025-12-09 18:00:49
Current Time in Cairo: 2025-12-09 17:00:49

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Riyadh and Cairo:

Flyadeal
- Flight Number: F3605. (On Time performance: 98 - Average Delay: 1 minutes)
- Flight Number: F3607. (On Time performance: 98 - Average Delay: 4 minutes)
- Flight Number: F3611. (On Time performance: 100 - Average Delay: 1 minutes)
- Flight Number: F3613. (On Time performance: 99 - Average Delay: 1 minutes)
- Flight Number: F3615. (On Time performance: 96 - Average Delay: 3 minutes)

EgyptAir
- Flight Number: MS648. (On Time performance: 57 - Average Delay: 57 minutes)
- Flight Number: MS650. (On Time performance: 49 - Average Delay: 25 minutes)
- Flight Number: MS652. (On Time performance: 53 - Average Delay: 28 minutes)

Air Cairo
- Flight Number: SM462. (On Time performance: 90 - Average Delay: 58 minutes)
- Flight Number: SM470. (On Time performance: 88 - Average Delay: 19 minutes)

Nesma Airlines
- Flight Number: NE165.

Nile Air
- Flight Number: NP152. (On Time performance: 89 - Average Delay: 31 minutes)
- Flight Number: NP252.

Air Arabia Egypt
- Flight Number: E5411. (On Time performance: 91 - Average Delay: 38 minutes)
- Flight Number: E5416. (On Time performance: 93 - Average Delay: 17 minutes)

Saudia
- Flight Number: SV311. (On Time performance: 97 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)
- Flight Number: SV313. (On Time performance: 89 - Average Delay: 4 minutes)
- Flight Number: SV315. (On Time performance: 100 - Average Delay: 0 minutes)
- Flight Number: SV321. (On Time performance: 97 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)
- Flight Number: SV323. (On Time performance: 90 - Average Delay: 5 minutes)
- Flight Number: SV417. (On Time performance: 93 - Average Delay: 4 minutes)

Flynas
- Flight Number: XY263. (On Time performance: 96 - Average Delay: 1 minutes)
- Flight Number: XY265. (On Time performance: 91 - Average Delay: 3 minutes)
- Flight Number: XY267. (On Time performance: 97 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)
- Flight Number: XY269. (On Time performance: 89 - Average Delay: 5 minutes)
- Flight Number: XY271. (On Time performance: 93 - Average Delay: 5 minutes)
- Flight Number: XY273. (On Time performance: 96 - Average Delay: 4 minutes)
- Flight Number: XY275. (On Time performance: 95 - Average Delay: 2 minutes)

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from September 09, 2025 to December 02, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 32
On Time: 26 ( 81 % )
Moderate Delay: 3 ( 9 % )
Significant Delay: 1 ( 3 % )
Major Delay: 2 ( 6 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 111 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from June 06, 2025 to December 02, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by day of the week: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per day, and average delay per day.

Note: We have excluded some days from the graph, since the quantity and quality of the data is not representative enough.

Delays analyzed by Month: We have gathered available data from last twelve closed months, spanning from December 02, 2024 to November 29, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by month: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per month, and average delay per month.

Note: We have excluded some months from the graph, since the quantity and quality of the data is not representative enough.

Last Past Flights NE161

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Saturday
06 December
07:02
Riyadh (RUH)
08:39
Cairo (CAI)
02h 37min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
02 December
07:02
Riyadh (RUH)
08:44
Cairo (CAI)
02h 42min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time
Saturday
29 November
07:39
Riyadh (RUH)
09:15
Cairo (CAI)
02h 36min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - Delayed
Friday
28 November
06:59
Riyadh (RUH)
08:35
Cairo (CAI)
02h 36min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
26 November
07:40
Riyadh (RUH)
09:05
Cairo (CAI)
02h 25min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - Delayed
Tuesday
25 November
07:22
Riyadh (RUH)
08:56
Cairo (CAI)
02h 34min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time
Saturday
22 November
07:22
Riyadh (RUH)
09:22
Cairo (CAI)
03h 00min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
- Delayed
Friday
21 November
07:10
Riyadh (RUH)
08:21
Cairo (CAI)
02h 11min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time
Thursday
20 November
07:09
Riyadh (RUH)
08:27
Cairo (CAI)
02h 18min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
19 November
06:57
Riyadh (RUH)
08:10
Cairo (CAI)
02h 13min
Airbus A320
Airbus A320
Landed - On-time