✈ ATH → SEA
ATHENS → SEATTLE IN 12H 36M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Athens to Seattle
From Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe → Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Seattle → Athens
How long is the flight from Athens to Seattle?
A nonstop flight from Athens (ATH) to Seattle (SEA) takes about 12 hours 36 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,181 miles (9,947 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 36m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,181 mi
9,947 km · great-circle
Avg speed
790 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Seattle 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 → Los Angeles
- Athens → San Francisco
- Athens → Las Vegas
- Athens → Bali (Denpasar)
More flights to North America
Flights to Seattle
Nearest origins
- Vancouver → Seattle
- San Francisco → Seattle
- Las Vegas → Seattle
- Los Angeles → Seattle
- Dallas → Seattle
- Chicago → Seattle
- Toronto → Seattle
- Atlanta → Seattle
- Mexico City → Seattle
- New York → Seattle
Long-haul to Seattle
- Johannesburg → Seattle
- Cape Town → Seattle
- Nairobi → Seattle
- Melbourne → Seattle
- Bali (Denpasar) → Seattle
- Kuala Lumpur → Seattle
- Singapore → Seattle
- Sydney → Seattle
- Mumbai → Seattle
- Abu Dhabi → Seattle