Great-circle route ATH → LHR. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Athens to London is approximately 3h 31m nonstop. The distance is 1,508 miles (2,427 km). There are about 15 nonstop flights from Athens to London per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATH → LHR Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport to London Heathrow Airport |
3h 31m | 1,508 mi | 66/wk | Aegean Airlines, British Airways |
| ATH → LGW Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport to London Gatwick Airport |
3h 29m | 1,487 mi | 23/wk | Big Sky Airlines, easyJet |
| ATH → STN Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport to London Stansted Airport |
3h 30m | 1,496 mi | 10/wk | Jet2.com, Ryanair |
| ATH → LTN Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport to London Luton Airport |
3h 32m | 1,518 mi | 8/wk | Air Bagan, Ryanair |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
7 airlines fly nonstop from Athens to London, including Aegean Airlines, Air Bagan, Big Sky Airlines, British Airways and 3 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Boeing 737-800 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Athens to London is 1,508 miles, or 2,427 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,508 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,427 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,310 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 7 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 107 departures a week, across 4 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 31m in the air on the ATH–LHR nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,508-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
1,508 miles (2,427 km) great-circle between Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and London Heathrow Airport.
Aegean Airlines, Air Bagan, Big Sky Airlines, British Airways, Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
ATH to LHR, ATH to LGW, ATH to STN, ATH to LTN. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
