Airports in Greece
Greece has 39 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 9 of them large. The busiest are Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH, 33.7 million passengers, Eurostat, 2025), Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER, 10.0 million passengers, Eurostat, 2025) and Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG, 8.0 million passengers, Eurostat, 2025).
Busiest routes
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ATH – SKG | 299 km | 1,649,094 |
| ATH – HER | 309 km | 1,452,941 |
| ATH – JTR | 218 km | 1,377,866 |
| ATH – LCA | 932 km | 1,365,755 |
| ATH – TLV | 1,195 km | 1,006,877 |
| ATH – IST | 553 km | 981,717 |
| ATH – LHR | 2,430 km | 918,788 |
| ATH – FCO | 1,087 km | 898,550 |
| ATH – CHQ | 268 km | 818,996 |
| ATH – CDG | 2,111 km | 807,564 |
| ATH – RHO | 405 km | 763,781 |
| ATH – JMK | 136 km | 568,257 |
| ATH – CFU | 396 km | 409,405 |
| ATH – PAS | 145 km | 376,840 |
| DUS – HER | 2,304 km | 341,826 |
| LGW – RHO | 2,776 km | 337,961 |
| ATH – MJT | 263 km | 333,300 |
| HER – LGW | 2,683 km | 323,738 |
| CFU – LGW | 2,019 km | 320,625 |
| ATH – AXD | 368 km | 306,377 |
Air fares in Greece
Consumer prices for flights in Greece moved +13.9% over the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, and +16.3% in August 2026 alone on a year earlier.
The price index for flights bought by households (domestic and international together), not a fare on a route.
Eurostat, HICP (prc_hicp_minr, ECOICOP ver. 2: 07.3.3 passenger transport by air), moving 12-month average and annual rate of change. Eurostat has no responsibility for the results of any re-use. Sources