Great-circle route LHR → ATH. 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 London to Athens is approximately 3h 31m nonstop. The distance is 1,508 miles (2,427 km). There are about 15 nonstop flights from London to Athens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LHR → ATH London Heathrow Airport to Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport |
3h 31m | 1,508 mi | 65/wk | Aegean Airlines, British Airways |
| LGW → ATH London Gatwick Airport to Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport |
3h 29m | 1,487 mi | 22/wk | Big Sky Airlines, easyJet |
| STN → ATH London Stansted Airport to Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport |
3h 30m | 1,496 mi | 10/wk | Jet2.com, Ryanair |
| LTN → ATH London Luton Airport to Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport |
3h 32m | 1,518 mi | 9/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 London to Athens, including Aegean Airlines, Air Bagan, Big Sky Airlines, British Airways and 3 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A321 NEO, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A319, Airbus A320 and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from London to Athens 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 106 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 LHR–ATH 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 London Heathrow Airport and Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport.
Aegean Airlines, Air Bagan, Big Sky Airlines, British Airways, Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A321 NEO, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A319, Airbus A320. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
LHR to ATH, LGW to ATH, STN to ATH, LTN to ATH. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
