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AMS Amsterdam ⇄ ATH Athens

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands) and Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (Greece): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,182 km1,356 mi1,178 nautical miles
AMS → ATH3 h 20 minestimated block time
ATH → AMS3 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hAthens vs Amsterdam, today
Great-circle route from Amsterdam (AMS) to Athens (ATH)AMSAmsterdamATHAthens
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

AMS → ATH

3 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 129° (SE).

Leave Amsterdam Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Athens Sat 7 Nov, 14:20 local.

ATH → AMS

3 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 323° (NW).

Leave Athens Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Amsterdam Sat 7 Nov, 12:45 local.

AMS-bound flights are the slower direction by about 20 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance2,182 km · 1,356 mi · 1,178 nmi
Initial heading129° (SE) from AMS; 323° (NW) from ATH
Farthest from the equator52.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip11% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

AMSEurope/Amsterdam — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
ATHEurope/Athens — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAthens is 1 hour ahead of Amsterdam today.

Jet lag, flying AMS → ATH. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

AMS Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam, Netherlands · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m ATH Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportAthens, Greece · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from AMS and ATH

LHRAMS London – Amsterdam 370 km230 mi · 1 h 25 min AMSBCN Amsterdam – Barcelona 1,241 km771 mi · 2 h 30 min JFKAMS New York – Amsterdam 5,848 km3,634 mi · 7 h 10 min AMSNBO Amsterdam – Nairobi 6,677 km4,149 mi · 8 h 25 min SEAAMS Seattle – Amsterdam 7,840 km4,872 mi · 9 h 40 min AMSSIN Amsterdam – Singapore 10,514 km6,533 mi · 12 h 20 min ATHJMK Athens – Mykonos 136 km84 mi · 1 h 10 min ATHJTR Athens – Santorini 218 km136 mi · 1 h 15 min ATHIST Athens – Istanbul 553 km344 mi · 1 h 40 min FCOATH Rome – Athens 1,085 km674 mi · 2 h 10 min LHRATH London – Athens 2,427 km1,508 mi · 3 h 35 min JFKATH New York – Athens 7,933 km4,929 mi · 9 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

TPENRT Taipei – Tokyo 2,181 km1,355 mi · 3 h 20 min DXBDEL Dubai – Delhi 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min SYDAKL Sydney – Auckland 2,159 km1,342 mi · 3 h 15 min AKLNAN Auckland – Nadi (Fiji) 2,156 km1,340 mi · 3 h 30 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).