Eleftherios Venizelos ATH
Cheap flights from Athens all leave from one airport: Eleftherios Venizelos, the only one serving the city, filed under the code ATH. There is no second Athens airport to check before you book, so every fare you compare starts from the same place. From here you can reach Chisinau, Warsaw, Budapest, Krakow, Katowice, Bucharest, Istanbul and Vienna, and the carriers flying each of those routes are listed alongside the fares so you can see who you would actually be flying with.
Eleftherios Venizelos at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 22.7 M (2022)
- Hub for
- Aegean Airlines, Olympic Air
- Elevation
- 308 m
- Opened
- 2001
- Official website
- aia.gr
- Population of Athens
- 643 k (2021)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Plan the transfer before you land, because Eleftherios Venizelos sits outside the city and everyone on your flight is heading the same way. Public transport and road options both run into central Athens; the first is easier with light luggage, the second with bags or a late arrival. Morning and evening rush hour stretch the journey, and late-night landings leave you with fewer choices, so check the last connection of the day before you count on it. On the way back, leave a buffer for check-in and security at ATH, which get busiest around midday and holidays.