Dubai Royal Wing's Boeing 747-422 A6-HRM flies from Iran to Uzbekistan

Dubai Royal Wing — Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid's Boeing 747-422, tail A6-HRM, flew from Abu Musa Island Airport (OIBA) in Iran to Navoi International Airport (UZSA) in Uzbekistan on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. The aircraft departed at 21:45 UTC and landed at 00:38 UTC, spending 2 hours 54 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 979 nm at an average ground speed of 338 kt, reaching a highest altitude of 38,000 ft and a top ground speed of 573 kt.

The 747-422 is one of two Boeing 747-422s in the Dubai Royal Wing fleet, with a fuel burn estimated at 1,000 US gallons per hour. On this leg, the aircraft burned about 2,896 US gallons of fuel, producing an estimated 27,821 kg of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 68,864 miles. The aircraft is built for long-haul intercontinental travel, with a typical range of over 7,000 nm and seating for more than 300 passengers.

A6-HRM had landed at Navoi twice in the tracked window before this flight, most recently on November 2, 2026, three days prior. The aircraft's home base is Dubai International Airport (OMDB), and its usual destinations include Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Paris-Le Bourget, London Heathrow, Munich, and Hong Kong International. In the 30 days before this flight, the Dubai Royal Wing fleet visited 7 airports in 4 countries, flying about 5,046 nm total.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and he operates a personal fleet through the Dubai Royal Wing. He is an avid equestrian and horse racing owner, and his flights frequently track between Dubai, the UK, and European racing venues. Navoi International Airport in Uzbekistan is not a known racing hub, but the region has been a stopover point for the Dubai Royal Wing fleet before, as seen in the September 24 flight from Navoi to Dubai by the Boeing 777-29M LR A6-HHH, as reported by celebplanes.

Navoi International Airport has a longest runway of 13,123 ft at an elevation of 1,140 ft. Abu Musa Island Airport has a longest runway of 9,796 ft at an elevation of 23 ft. The distance from the home base at Dubai International Airport to Navoi is 1,019 nm.

In the tracked window before this flight, the Dubai Royal Wing fleet completed 40 flights. The most common destinations were Dubai with 19 landings, London Essex with 8 landings, and Bâle Mulhouse with 2 landings. The longest leg in that period was Klagenfurt am Wörthersee to Dubai on October 29, 2026, covering 2,389 nm.

Before this flight, A6-HRM had spent about 2 days on the ground after its previous tracked landing at Dubai on November 2, 2026. On that same day, the aircraft flew from Bukhara to Dubai, covering 1,002 nm in 3 hours 33 minutes, and earlier from Dubai to Navoi, covering 1,025 nm in 3 hours 19 minutes.

The aircraft's next destination is not known from tracking data.