✈ LAX → ATH
14H, 6,914 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Los Angeles to Athens
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Athens → Los Angeles
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Athens?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Athens (ATH) 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
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Time difference
+10h
10 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~10d
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 Los Angeles
Nearest destinations
- Los Angeles → 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
Long-haul from Los Angeles
- 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
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
Long-haul to 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 → Athens