Cheapest€193.66
- Aegean Airlines AA891809:083h 36m12:44Madrid MADAthens ATH
Door to door 6h 46mCO2 600.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Madrid to Athens flight
Flights from Madrid to Athens start at €235.55 and take 6h 39m at their fastest.
The Flights from Madrid to Athens starts at €235.55 and takes 6h 39m door to door, run by 4 operators over 2,441 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 39mDoor to door
- 3h 29mMoving
- €235.55From
- 600.5 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€230.83
- Iberia Express IE394311:393h 29m15:08Madrid MADAthens ATH
Door to door 6h 39mCO2 600.5 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 | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Aegean Airlines | €193.66 | 6h 39m |
 Iberia Airlines | €197.20 | 6h 38m |
 Air Europa | €196.61 | 6h 39m |
 Iberia Express | €197.79 | 6h 39m |
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 Madrid to Athens
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €250.8990 days
- €145.2860 days
- €158.8545 days
- €183.6330 days
- €219.6221 days
- €243.8114 days
- €284.527 days
- €295.143 days
- €460.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €145.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 217 percent. The most expensive point is €460.93, 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.
- €280.98Sun
- €235.55Mon
- €240.86Tue
- €245.58Wed
- €315.79Thu
- €243.81Fri
- €305.76Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Madrid
Air
- MAD
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 2,441 km against 2,369 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 Madrid at 06:18 and the last at 20:08, across 24 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Madrid 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 Madrid to Athens take?
The Flight from Madrid to Athens takes 6h 39m door to door, of which 3h 29m is spent moving. The route runs 2,441 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 Madrid to Athens cost?
The Flight from Madrid to Athens starts at €235.55 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €242.93. 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 Madrid to Athens?
4 operators run the Flight from Madrid to Athens: Aegean Airlines, Iberia Airlines, Air Europa, Iberia Express. Between them they file around 24 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 Madrid to Athens use?
The Flight from Madrid to Athens leaves from Madrid MAD 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 Madrid to Athens?
Fares for the Flight from Madrid to Athens bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €145.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 217 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Madrid to Athens produce?
The Flight from Madrid to Athens produces about 600.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2441 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 Madrid to Athens on September 11, 2026: 2441 km of route against 2369 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €235.55, and 6h 39m 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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