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Athens Airport to Athens

3 ways to get from Athens Airport to Athens

Athens Airportterminal kerbsideAthensany address
Fastest
0h 40 by metro
From
from €5.50 by bus
Distance
34.6 km by road
Operators
ΣΤΑΣΥ · OASA
  • Transfer ~0h 36 est. drive
  • Metro 0h 40
  • Bus 1h 00
Athens AirportAthens
  • Transfer~0h 36 est.
    terminal kerbsideany address
  • Metro0h 40
    Airport stationSyntagma
  • Bus1h 00
    Airport express stopSyntagma
Drawn from the connection data on this page — not an illustration.

Which one to take

You want the shortest journey
Metro
0h 40 to Syntagma
You are counting the cost
Bus
from €5.50
You land outside the hours the timetable covers
Transfer
after the last metro at 23:34 — door to door, no interchange

Journey times, operators and connections for the routes we cover. You book with the operator; we show you who runs it and how long it takes.

Options by mode

Journey times and carriers on this route.

Transfer~0h 36 est. drive
Athens Airportterminal kerbsideAthensany address

door to door

Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer

Before you land

The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.

  • Fixed fare

    The ordinary €1.20 ninety-minute ticket is explicitly not valid on the Koropi–Airport section of Line 3, nor on the airport express buses. The airport needs its own €9.00 ticket, which is then good on every OASA service for ninety minutes from the first validation.

    oasa.gr · checked 2026-09-07

  • Hours

    The X95 runs 24 hours a day, which makes it the answer for a flight that lands after the metro's last train at 23:34 or before its first at 06:10.

    oasa.gr · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    Not every Line 3 train goes to the airport. The core of the line runs every four to ten minutes; the airport and the outer stations at Pallini, Peania-Kantza and Koropi are served every 36 minutes, every day of the week.

    stasy.gr · checked 2026-09-07

  • Hours

    The Saturday all-night metro service does not include the airport: routes to and from it are excluded from the 24-hour operation, so after 23:34 the express bus is the only way in.

    stasy.gr · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    Boarding and setting down are restricted in opposite directions and at all hours: on the way to the airport you may not get off, and on the way from it you may not get on. It is an airport shuttle, not a city bus that happens to pass.

    oasa.gr · checked 2026-09-07

  • Tickets

    You can tap a contactless card or phone at the blue validator on boarding for the full €5.50 fare with nothing bought in advance. The €9.00 metro airport ticket is not valid on this bus, and the express ticket covers one journey only.

    oasa.gr · checked 2026-09-07

  • Status

    Engineering work on the Eleonas–Monastiraki section, announced from 7 September 2026, turns airport trains back at Syntagma after 21:40. Check the operator's notices before relying on a late through train.

    stasy.gr · checked 2026-09-07