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Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)

Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH, LGAV) serves Athens, Greece. Flights leaving ATH left an average of 17.9 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 68th least delayed of 88 busy European airports. 34.2 million passengers used it in the twelve months to March 2026, most often flying to or from Thessaloniki.

Delays at ATH

Average departure delay per flight: 17.9 min over the twelve months to July 2026. Delays were worst in July (24.6 min) and lightest in March (10.1 min).

Average departure delay per flight from ATH, all causes, by month. Green is the least delayed month, orange the most.
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MonthAverage departure delayDepartures
August 202523.6 min15,261
September 202519.7 min13,825
October 202515.8 min12,506
November 202514.5 min9,768
December 202514.1 min9,709
January 202617.7 min8,834
February 202611.0 min8,337
March 202610.1 min9,813
April 202614.2 min11,298
May 202616.5 min12,916
June 202623.0 min14,166
July 202624.6 min15,565

Air traffic flow restrictions held 9.2% of arrivals at ATH for more than 15 minutes in the twelve months to August 2026, most often because of air traffic control (90% of those delay minutes).

Departure delay counts every cause, from the airline to air traffic control, and is measured against the scheduled time. Source: EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, summarised by TripStow. EUROCONTROL does not endorse TripStow.

Passengers at ATH

34,153,383 passengers used ATH in the twelve months to March 2026, on 254,372 commercial flights.

Passengers by month at ATH, arrivals and departures together.
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MonthPassengersFlights
April 20252,696,96120,461
May 20253,072,35623,134
June 20253,436,04624,918
July 20253,733,23027,274
August 20253,858,30727,417
September 20253,459,35325,003
October 20253,114,86622,673
November 20252,327,98617,618
December 20252,281,47217,659
January 20261,954,10915,892
February 20261,932,86414,866
March 20262,285,83317,457

Eurostat publishes airport figures a few months behind. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Busiest routes from ATH

  1. Thessaloniki Macedonia (SKG)1,578,817 passengers
  2. Heraklion (HER)1,399,393 passengers
  3. Larnaca (LCA)1,315,241 passengers
  4. Thira (JTR)1,279,373 passengers
  5. Tel-aviv (TLV)1,006,877 passengers
  6. Istanbul (IST)981,717 passengers
  7. London Heathrow (LHR)918,788 passengers
  8. Rome (FCO)898,550 passengers
  9. Paris (CDG)807,564 passengers
  10. Chania (CHQ)773,675 passengers

Passengers in 2024, both directions together. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), summarised by TripStow.

Questions and answers

How delayed are flights at Athens (ATH)?
Flights leaving ATH left an average of 17.9 min late in the twelve months to July 2026, the 68th least delayed of 88 busy European airports.
Which month has the most delays at ATH?
July 2026, when flights left an average of 24.6 minutes late; the lightest month was March 2026 (10.1 minutes).
Why are flights delayed at ATH?
EUROCONTROL records why air traffic flow restrictions delay arrivals. At ATH in the last year the biggest cause was air traffic control (90% of those minutes), then weather (5%).

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