✈ IST → ATH
1H 25M FLIGHT. JUST ENOUGH TIME TO REGRET CHECKING A BAG.
Flight from Istanbul to Athens
From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe → Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Athens → Istanbul
How long is the flight from Istanbul to Athens?
A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Athens (ATH) takes about 1 hour 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 344 miles (554 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
1h 25m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
344 mi
554 km · great-circle
Avg speed
389 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Time difference
Same
Same time zone
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Istanbul
Nearest destinations
- Istanbul → Bucharest
- Istanbul → Budapest
- Istanbul → Tel Aviv
- Istanbul → Vienna
- Istanbul → Cairo
- Istanbul → Warsaw
- Istanbul → Rome
- Istanbul → Prague
- Istanbul → Munich
- Istanbul → Milan
Long-haul from Istanbul
- Istanbul → Auckland
- Istanbul → Sydney
- Istanbul → Melbourne
- Istanbul → Santiago
- Istanbul → Buenos Aires
- Istanbul → Mexico City
- Istanbul → Los Angeles
- Istanbul → San Francisco
- Istanbul → Las Vegas
- Istanbul → São Paulo
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Flights to Athens
Nearest origins
- Bucharest → Athens
- Rome → Athens
- Cairo → Athens
- Budapest → Athens
- Tel Aviv → Athens
- Vienna → Athens
- Munich → Athens
- Milan → Athens
- Prague → Athens
- Warsaw → Athens
Long-haul to 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) → Athens