Cheapest€33.77
- Aegean Airlines AA225608:2853m09:21Irákleion HERAthens ATH
Door to door 4h 3mCO2 81.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Heraklion to Athens flight
Flights from Heraklion to Athens start at €38.49 and take 4h at their fastest.
The Flights from Heraklion to Athens starts at €38.49 and takes 4h door to door, run by 5 operators over 331 km, with around 40 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4hDoor to door
- 50mMoving
- €38.49From
- 81.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€41.44
- Sky Express SE733306:1750m07:07Irákleion HERAthens ATH
Door to door 4hCO2 81.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Aegean Airlines | €33.77 |
 Sky Express | €34.95 |
 Olympic Airlines | €33.77 |
 VOLOTEA Airways | €34.95 |
| Ellinair | €35.54 |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Athens is not something we sell.
Where to stay in Athens
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Heraklion to Athens
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.0890 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €31.4130 days
- €38.4921 days
- €47.3414 days
- €56.787 days
- €54.423 days
- €72.121 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 130 percent. The most expensive point is €72.12, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €44.98Sun
- €39.67Mon
- €38.49Tue
- €40.85Wed
- €49.70Thu
- €46.16Fri
- €47.34Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Irákleion
Air
- HER
Athens
Air
- ATH
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 331 km against 321 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Heraklion at 06:04 and the last at 20:52, across 40 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Heraklion to Athens
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Heraklion to Athens take?
The Flight from Heraklion to Athens takes 4h door to door, of which 50m is spent moving. The route runs 331 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Heraklion to Athens cost?
The Flight from Heraklion to Athens starts at €38.49 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €41.44. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Heraklion to Athens?
5 operators run the Flight from Heraklion to Athens: Aegean Airlines, Sky Express, Olympic Airlines, VOLOTEA Airways, Ellinair. Between them they file around 40 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Heraklion to Athens use?
The Flight from Heraklion to Athens leaves from Irákleion HER and arrives at Athens ATH. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Heraklion to Athens?
Fares for the Flight from Heraklion to Athens bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 130 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Heraklion to Athens produce?
The Flight from Heraklion to Athens produces about 81.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 331 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Heraklion to Athens on September 12, 2026: 331 km of route against 321 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.49, and 4h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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ATH is not in Athens, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from ATH into Athens
A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.
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