ATH — Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport

Large airport in Athens, Greece.
IATA code
ATH
ICAO code
LGAV
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
33,735,304
2025 · +6.8% on the year before
Nonstop routes
116
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+2 / UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Elevation
94 m
308 ft
Runways
2
Longest 4,000 m

Jan–Mar 2026: 6,172,806 passengers, +7.3% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About ATH

Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport is a large airport serving Athens, Greece. It opened in 2001. 33,735,304 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 116 nonstop routes from ATH.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from ATH

Route Distance Passengers / year
ATH → SKG299 km 1,649,094
ATH → HER309 km 1,452,941
ATH → JTR218 km 1,377,866
ATH → LCA932 km 1,365,755
ATH → TLV1,195 km 1,006,877
ATH → IST553 km 981,717
ATH → LHR2,430 km 918,788
ATH → FCO1,087 km 898,550
ATH → CHQ268 km 818,996
ATH → CDG2,111 km 807,564
ATH → RHO405 km 763,781
ATH → MUC1,519 km 744,703
ATH → FRA1,817 km 716,448
ATH → MXP1,523 km 661,894
ATH → AMS2,184 km 606,587
ATH → JMK136 km 568,257
ATH → VIE1,279 km 549,170
ATH → ZRH1,641 km 529,937
ATH → LGW2,396 km 507,318
ATH → MAD2,384 km 501,441
ATH → BCN1,909 km 445,594
ATH → CFU396 km 409,405
ATH → BRU2,104 km 407,553
ATH → JFK7,952 km 400,595
ATH → PAS145 km 376,840
ATH → DXB3,276 km 363,322
ATH → OTP759 km 346,535
ATH → BER1,797 km 340,972
ATH → CAI1,107 km 339,549
ATH → EWR7,976 km 338,648
ATH → MJT263 km 333,300
ATH → DOH2,961 km 327,998
ATH → TIA529 km 311,036
ATH → AXD368 km 306,377
ATH → KGS306 km 306,368
ATH → CPH2,140 km 301,941
ATH → ORY2,110 km 288,448
ATH → GVA1,734 km 282,421
ATH → BUD1,122 km 276,080
ATH → JKH198 km 271,726

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at ATH on flights to and from the US

  • DL Delta Air Lines · 2,003 flights
  • AA American Airlines · 1,362 flights
  • UA United Air Lines · 1,277 flights
  • EK Emirates · 539 flights
  • N0 Norse Atlantic Airways,AS · 370 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
JSYSyros Airport105 km
SKUSkiros Airport124 km
JMKMykonos Island National Airport136 km
JSISkiathos Island National Airport143 km
PASParos National Airport145 km
MLOMilos Airport146 km

Distance from ATH to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
ATH → LHR2,430 km 918,788
ATH → DXB3,276 km 363,322
ATH → CDG2,111 km 807,564
ATH → FRA1,817 km 716,448
ATH → IST553 km 981,717
ATH → AMS2,184 km 606,587
ATH → JFK7,952 km 400,595
ATH → ATL9,174 km —
ATH → LAX11,150 km —
ATH → SIN9,047 km —
ATH → HND9,533 km —
ATH → DOH2,961 km 327,998

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
03R/21L4,000 m 45 mAsphalt
03L/21R3,800 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Spata-Artemida, Attica, Greece · 37.9364, 23.9445

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport has the IATA code ATH and the ICAO code LGAV. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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