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FCO Rome ⇄ ATH Athens

Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (Italy) and Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (Greece): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,085 km674 mi586 nautical miles
FCO → ATH2 h 10 minestimated block time
ATH → FCO2 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hAthens vs Rome, today
Great-circle route from Rome (FCO) to Athens (ATH)FCORomeATHAthens
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

FCO → ATH

2 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 109° (ESE).

Leave Rome Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Athens Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 local.

ATH → FCO

2 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 297° (WNW).

Leave Athens Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Rome Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

The two directions differ by 15 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,085 km · 674 mi · 586 nmi
Initial heading109° (ESE) from FCO; 297° (WNW) from ATH
Farthest from the equator41.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip5% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

FCOEurope/Rome — 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 Rome today.

Jet lag, flying FCO → 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

FCO Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportRome, Italy · longest runway 12,801 ft3,902 m ATH Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportAthens, Greece · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from FCO and ATH

FCOLIN Rome – Milan 470 km292 mi · 1 h 35 min BCNFCO Barcelona – Rome 848 km527 mi · 1 h 55 min CDGFCO Paris – Rome 1,101 km684 mi · 2 h 15 min MADFCO Madrid – Rome 1,331 km827 mi · 2 h 25 min LHRFCO London – Rome 1,444 km897 mi · 2 h 35 min EZEFCO Buenos Aires – Rome 11,156 km6,932 mi · 13 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 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

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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).