Athens (ATH) – Rome (FCO)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,087 km
676 mi · 587 nm
Flight time
2 h 5 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
137 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (81 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
898,550
2024 · +19.4%
Flights / week
114
Both directions, average
Seats filled
82%
1,100,311 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

Traffic: Eurostat (avia_par_el), reported by the airport in Greece, 2024. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from ATH to FCOATHFCO
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from ATH
297°
Heading from FCO
109°
Halfway point
40.02, 18.26
Great-circle km
1,085 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Rome is 1 h behind Athens

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: June 2024: 125,584 passengers
050K100K150KJanFebMarAprMayJun125.6KJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202451,218
Feb 202451,405
Mar 202463,018
Apr 202467,031
May 202476,322
Jun 2024125,584
Jul 2024101,781
Aug 202491,688
Sep 202482,472
Oct 202474,963
Nov 202457,853
Dec 202455,215
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: June 2024: 795 flights
05001KJanFebMarAprMayJun795JulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024382
Feb 2024350
Mar 2024403
Apr 2024461
May 2024490
Jun 2024795
Jul 2024670
Aug 2024585
Sep 2024544
Oct 2024468
Nov 2024390
Dec 2024390

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,085 km.

ATH Athens → FCO Rome

EU261€250 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

FCO Rome → ATH Athens

EU261€250 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Athens and Rome

FCOCIA
ATH1,0871,060

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Rome airports

More 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 → CHQ268 km 818,996
ATH → CDG2,111 km 807,564
ATH → RHO405 km 763,781

More routes from FCO

Route Distance Passengers / year
FCO → MAD1,334 km 1,977,438
FCO → CTA539 km 1,941,657
FCO → BCN850 km 1,706,636
FCO → PMO409 km 1,671,961
FCO → ORY1,092 km 1,185,444
FCO → JFK6,884 km 1,141,515
FCO → LIN470 km 1,054,322
FCO → CDG1,102 km 965,754
FCO → LGW1,407 km 923,766
FCO → CAG392 km 789,516

Questions

Athens (ATH) and Rome (FCO) are 1,087 km (676 miles, 587 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.