✈ ATH → LAX
14H FROM ATHENS TO LOS ANGELES. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Athens to Los Angeles
From Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Athens
How long is the flight from Athens to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Athens (ATH) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 14 hours, covering a great-circle distance of 6,914 miles (11,127 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,914 mi
11,127 km · great-circle
Avg speed
795 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-10h
10 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Athens
Nearest destinations
- Athens → Istanbul
- Athens → Bucharest
- Athens → Rome
- Athens → Cairo
- Athens → Budapest
- Athens → Tel Aviv
- Athens → Vienna
- Athens → Munich
- Athens → Milan
- Athens → Prague
Long-haul from Athens
- Athens → Auckland
- Athens → Sydney
- Athens → Melbourne
- Athens → Santiago
- Athens → Buenos Aires
- Athens → Mexico City
- Athens → San Francisco
- Athens → Las Vegas
- Athens → Bali (Denpasar)
- Athens → Cancun
More flights to North America
Flights to Los Angeles
Nearest origins
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles
- San Francisco → Los Angeles
- Seattle → Los Angeles
- Vancouver → Los Angeles
- Dallas → Los Angeles
- Mexico City → Los Angeles
- Chicago → Los Angeles
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
- Cancun → Los Angeles
- Toronto → Los Angeles
Long-haul to Los Angeles
- Johannesburg → Los Angeles
- Cape Town → Los Angeles
- Nairobi → Los Angeles
- Kuala Lumpur → Los Angeles
- Singapore → Los Angeles
- Mumbai → Los Angeles
- Bali (Denpasar) → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Doha → Los Angeles