ATH to MXP: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Spata-Artemida to Ferno (VA)?

The great-circle distance between Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH) and Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP) is 1,520 km (945 mi, 821 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from ATH to MXP?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h 25m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. MXP is roughly northwest of ATH.

How is the ATH to MXP route written in code?

The pair is written ATH-MXP in IATA codes and LGAV-LIMC in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport is ATH (LGAV), Milan Malpensa International Airport is MXP (LIMC).

Both ICAO codes start with L, the prefix ICAO assigns to southern Europe, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

MXP sits 460 ft (140 m) higher than ATH, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying ATH to MXP

2 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 2 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: OA.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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