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ATH Athens ⇄ HER Heraklion (Crete)

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

Distance309 km192 mi167 nautical miles
ATH → HER1 h 25 minestimated block time
HER → ATH1 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hHeraklion (Crete) vs Athens, today
Great-circle route from Athens (ATH) to Heraklion (Crete) (HER)ATHAthensHERHeraklion (Crete)
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

ATH → HER

1 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 159° (SSE).

Leave Athens Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Heraklion (Crete) Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

HER → ATH

1 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 339° (NNW).

Leave Heraklion (Crete) Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Athens Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

The two directions differ by 2 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance309 km · 192 mi · 167 nmi
Initial heading159° (SSE) from ATH; 339° (NNW) from HER
Farthest from the equator37.9°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip2% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ATHEurope/Athens — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
HEREurope/Athens — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceHeraklion (Crete) is on the same clock as Athens today.

Jet lag, flying ATH → HER. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ATH Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportAthens, Greece · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m HER Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportHeraklion (Crete), Greece · longest runway 8,904 ft2,714 m

More routes from ATH and HER

ATHJMK Athens – Mykonos 136 km84 mi · 1 h 10 min ATHJTR Athens – Santorini 218 km136 mi · 1 h 15 min FCOATH Rome – Athens 1,085 km674 mi · 2 h 10 min CDGATH Paris – Athens 2,108 km1,310 mi · 3 h 15 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

JFKBOS New York – Boston 300 km186 mi · 1 h 20 min SINKUL Singapore – Kuala Lumpur 297 km185 mi · 1 h 25 min LGABOS New York – Boston 296 km184 mi · 1 h 20 min GRUGIG São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro 336 km209 mi · 1 h 25 min

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