Flying to Athens from the US
Flying to Athens costs a median $764 round trip from the US, ranking it 27 of 40 European cities. Cheapest from Chicago at $571.
By Jon Miksis · updated · refreshed monthly, whole grid at once
- $764
- Median round trip from the US, across every gateway
- #27 of 40
- Rank among European cities, cheapest first
- $571
- Cheapest fare found, from Chicago
- $296
- Spread between the best and worst US gateway
Every US gateway to Athens
The cheapest one-week round trip found from each US metro, all searched on the same day. The spread between top and bottom is $296, which is what shopping departure airports is worth on this route.
- Chicago$571
- New York$600
- Boston$655
- Atlanta$674
- Los Angeles$674
- Miami$674
- San Francisco$674
- Washington DC$674
- Seattle$680
- Houston$721
- Charlotte$749
- Detroit$751
- Denver$762
- Raleigh$766
- Salt Lake City$779
- Dallas$799
- Tampa$808
- Philadelphia$818
- Las Vegas$820
- Orlando$820
- Portland$820
- Minneapolis$830
- Nashville$841
- Phoenix$841
- Austin$845
- San Diego$867
Which airlines fly there, and what they charge
A separate comparison, holding the dates fixed at November 8–14, 2026 so the difference between two rows is the airline rather than the week.
| Airline | From | Routing | Round trip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Serbia | JFK | via BEG | $704 |
| ITA Airways | BOS | via FCO | $724 |
| Air Canada | BOS | via YUL | $747 |
| Turkish Airlines | ORD | via IST | $761 |
| SWISS | BOS | via ZRH | $763 |
| SAS | BOS | via CPH | $769 |
| Austrian | BOS | via VIE | $770 |
| SWISS | JFK | via ZRH | $775 |
| Lufthansa | JFK | via MUC | $778 |
| ITA Airways | JFK | via FCO | $779 |
| Lufthansa | BOS | via FRA | $787 |
| SAS | ORD | via CPH | $795 |
| British Airways | BOS | via LHR | $836 |
| Air Canada | ORD | via YUL | $837 |
| Lufthansa | ORD | via MUC | $841 |
| SWISS | ORD | via ZRH | $842 |
| Iberia | BOS | via MAD | $849 |
| ITA Airways | LAX | via FCO | $879 |
| Turkish Airlines | LAX | via IST | $891 |
| SWISS | LAX | via ZRH | $894 |
| Lufthansa | LAX | via MUC | $903 |
| Air Canada | MCO | via YUL | $903 |
| British Airways | ORD | via LHR | $913 |
| Air Canada | LAX | via YUL | $914 |
| Delta | LAX | via JFK | $915 |
| Iberia | ORD | via MAD | $919 |
| Delta | JFK | nonstop to ATH | $983 |
| Air France | JFK | via CDG | $1002 |
| KLM | JFK | via AMS | $1014 |
| Turkish Airlines | BOS | via IST | $1033 |
| Delta | MCO | via JFK | $1136 |
| KLM | ORD | via AMS | $1181 |
How Athens compares
At a $764 median, Athens ranks 27 of 40 European cities we price, and 18 of 40 on how much your departure airport matters. Other Southern Europe cities in the data:
Athens is one of 3 Greece cities we price. The cheapest way into the country is Athens at $764 — see cheap flights to Greece for which city to enter by, and which US airport is best for the country as a whole.
For the full ranking and why northern Europe is consistently cheaper to reach, see the cheapest places to fly in Europe. For every gateway at once, see the airports hub.
Common questions
- How much does it cost to fly to Athens from the US?
- A median of $764 round trip in economy, across 26 US gateway metros priced on August 30, 2026 for departures in the following six months. The cheapest was $571 from Chicago and the most expensive $867 from San Diego. That ranks Athens 27 of 40 European cities on price.
- Which US airport is cheapest for flights to Athens?
- Chicago, at $571, followed by New York at $600 and Boston at $655. Worth knowing that the cheapest gateway to Athens is often not the cheapest gateway overall — the two questions have different answers.
- Is it worth flying from a different airport to reach Athens?
- Usually not. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive US gateway to Athens is only $296, which is narrow by our data — ranking 18 of 40 on spread. Book from wherever you actually live.
- Which airline is cheapest to Athens?
- On our fixed comparison week (November 8–14, 2026), Air Serbia was cheapest into Athens at $704 via BEG, against KLM at $1181. That comparison holds every date constant, so the difference is the airline rather than the week.
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