From Saudi Arabia to Qamishli
Every way we know from Saudi Arabia to Qamishli, fastest first; conditional, unconfirmed and closed ways come after the ones that simply run. Pick your passport to see what applies to you. Each line carries its source and the date it was checked.
Fastest way from Saudi Arabia to Qamishli today: fly to Aleppo airport, about 8.6 hours door to door (checked 8 Oct 2026). 12 of 14 known routes are running.
Aleppo airport, then by roadFastestFlights: 48 h 35 minFlight 2 h 35 min – 2 h 50 min6 h by road to Qamishli
Flights to Aleppo airport
- flynas Jeddah8 h 35 min
Wednesdays and Sundays (XY559) since September 2026.
2 h 35 min to Aleppo airport · 6 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Flight tracking (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)checked 8 Oct 2026
flynas → - Syrian Air Jeddah8 h 35 min
Tuesday nights, landing in Aleppo early on Wednesday (RB382).
2 h 35 min to Aleppo airport · 6 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Aleppo airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Syrian Air → - flynas Riyadh8 h 50 min
Wednesdays and Saturdays (XY229) since 1 August 2026; in October also Thursdays, and Tuesday 6 October.
2 h 50 min to Aleppo airport · 6 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Flight tracking (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)checked 8 Oct 2026
flynas → - Syrian Air Riyadh8 h 50 min
Tuesdays (RB390).
2 h 50 min to Aleppo airport · 6 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Aleppo airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Syrian Air →
Damascus airport, then by roadFlights: 1011 h
Flights to Damascus airport
- Syrian Air Medina11 h
Tuesdays (RB1386) since 11 August 2026.
2 h to Damascus airport · 9 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Flight tracking (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)checked 8 Oct 2026
Syrian Air → - flynas Jeddah11 h 20 min
Daily (XY591) on the board through 31 October.
2 h 20 min to Damascus airport · 9 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
flynas → 
flyadeal Jeddah11 h 20 min4 weekly: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (F3741).
2 h 20 min to Damascus airport · 9 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Flight tracking (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)checked 8 Oct 2026
flyadeal →- Syrian Air Jeddah11 h 20 min
Thursdays and Sundays (RB382).
2 h 20 min to Damascus airport · 9 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Syrian Air → - flynas Riyadh11 h 30 min
Twice daily (XY377 and XY387).
2 h 30 min to Damascus airport · 9 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
flynas → - flyadeal Riyadh11 h 30 min
About 5 weekly (F3561).
2 h 30 min to Damascus airport · 9 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Flight tracking (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)checked 8 Oct 2026
flyadeal → - Syrian Air Riyadh11 h 30 min
Wednesdays and Thursdays (RB390).
2 h 30 min to Damascus airport · 9 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Syrian Air → - flynas Dammam11 h 35 min
Wednesdays and Fridays (XY892). The airport board also lists Mondays, but no Monday flight was tracked on 28 September or 5 October.
2 h 35 min to Damascus airport · 9 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
flynas → 
Fly Cham DammamUnknownStarted 19 July 2026 as 2 weekly (XH831); last tracked 13 September and not on the airport board since. flynas flies from Dammam on Wednesdays and Fridays.
2 h 35 min to Damascus airport · 9 h → Qamishli
unconfirmedSource: Flight tracking (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)checked 8 Oct 2026
Fly Cham →
Saudia Jeddah and RiyadhClosedSaudia announced a February 2026 return (SV665 and SV667) but never started: not on the airport's airline list and no flight tracked. flynas, flyadeal and Syrian Air fly Jeddah and Riyadh to Damascus.
2 h 20 min to Damascus airport · 9 h → Qamishli
verifiedSource: Flight tracking (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)checked 8 Oct 2026
Saudia →
Times are estimates and usually include waiting at the crossing