Flights Tirana → Athens
TIA → ATH
How long is the flight from Tirana to Athens?
The flight from Tirana (TIA) to Athens (ATH) takes 50 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route connects Tirana, the capital of Albania, with Athens, Greece's bustling capital and cultural heart. Operated by a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft, this connection serves one of the world’s most visited city pairs, with the destination airport welcoming over twenty-four million passengers annually since its opening in 2001.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Tirana (TIA) → Athens (ATH) route is operated by Aegean Airlines. Across 11 flights monitored in recent months, 60% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Athens the average ATFM delay is 2.8 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tirana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Athens: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tirana (TIA) to Athens (ATH) heads south-east for about 529 km, a flight time of roughly 50m.
Departures from Tirana on this leg cluster in the evening window: about 100% of TIA-ATH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tirana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Athens it is 2.8 min (atfm).
Across 11 tracked TIA-ATH flights, 60% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Frequently asked questions about TIA-ATH
The flight from Tirana (TIA) to Athens (ATH) takes 50 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Tirana (TIA) -> Athens (ATH) route, on-time performance is 60% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 11 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tirana-Athens is 0.00% across 11 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Aegean Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
