✈ ATH → SYD
18H 58M FROM ATHENS TO SYDNEY. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from Athens to Sydney
From Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe → Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania
↔ Flying the other way? Sydney → Athens
How long is the flight from Athens to Sydney?
A nonstop flight from Athens (ATH) to Sydney (SYD) takes about 18 hours 58 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,511 miles (15,307 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
18h 58m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
9,511 mi
15,307 km · great-circle
Avg speed
807 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Sydney timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Sydney
Time difference
+7h
7 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
Eastward — worse
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
Flights to Sydney
Nearest origins
- Melbourne → Sydney
- Auckland → Sydney
- Bali (Denpasar) → Sydney
- Manila → Sydney
- Singapore → Sydney
- Kuala Lumpur → Sydney
- Taipei → Sydney
- Hong Kong → Sydney
- Bangkok → Sydney
- Osaka → Sydney
Long-haul to Sydney
- Lisbon → Sydney
- Casablanca → Sydney
- Madrid → Sydney
- Dublin → Sydney
- Barcelona → Sydney
- London → Sydney
- Manchester → Sydney
- Paris → Sydney
- Edinburgh → Sydney
- Brussels → Sydney