✈ AKL → ATH
21H 31M, 10,843 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.
Flight from Auckland to Athens
From Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania → Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Athens → Auckland
How long is the flight from Auckland to Athens?
A nonstop flight from Auckland (AKL) to Athens (ATH) takes about 21 hours 31 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,843 miles (17,450 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
21h 31m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
10,843 mi
17,450 km · great-circle
Avg speed
811 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Auckland timezone
UTC+12
Pacific/Auckland
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Time difference
-9h
9 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~6.3d
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 Auckland
Nearest destinations
- Auckland → Sydney
- Auckland → Melbourne
- Auckland → Bali (Denpasar)
- Auckland → Manila
- Auckland → Singapore
- Auckland → Kuala Lumpur
- Auckland → Tokyo
- Auckland → Taipei
- Auckland → Osaka
- Auckland → Hong Kong
Long-haul from Auckland
- Auckland → Lisbon
- Auckland → Madrid
- Auckland → Casablanca
- Auckland → Barcelona
- Auckland → Paris
- Auckland → Milan
- Auckland → Rome
- Auckland → Zurich
- Auckland → London
- Auckland → Brussels
More flights to Europe
Flights to Athens
Nearest origins
- Istanbul → Athens
- Bucharest → Athens
- Rome → Athens
- Cairo → Athens
- Budapest → Athens
- Tel Aviv → Athens
- Vienna → Athens
- Munich → Athens
- Milan → Athens
- Prague → Athens