✈ SEA → ATH
12H 36M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Seattle to Athens
From Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America → Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Athens → Seattle
How long is the flight from Seattle to Athens?
A nonstop flight from Seattle (SEA) to Athens (ATH) 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
Seattle 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 Seattle
Nearest destinations
- Seattle → Vancouver
- Seattle → San Francisco
- Seattle → Las Vegas
- Seattle → Los Angeles
- Seattle → Dallas
- Seattle → Chicago
- Seattle → Toronto
- Seattle → Atlanta
- Seattle → Mexico City
- Seattle → New York
Long-haul from Seattle
- Seattle → Johannesburg
- Seattle → Cape Town
- Seattle → Nairobi
- Seattle → Melbourne
- Seattle → Bali (Denpasar)
- Seattle → Kuala Lumpur
- Seattle → Singapore
- Seattle → Sydney
- Seattle → Mumbai
- Seattle → Abu Dhabi
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
- Los Angeles → Athens
- San Francisco → Athens
- Las Vegas → Athens
- Bali (Denpasar) → Athens