Greek islands easily accessible by plane

We’re often asked: “Which Greek islands have an airport and are therefore easily accessible by plane? Depending on the length of your vacation and your budget, it can sometimes be more interesting to take a domestic flight or a direct flight from international. The ferry is certainly a more exotic means of transport, but it can sometimes cost precious hours.

That’s why we’ve listed here the Greek islands with airports , which are easily accessible by plane from Athens in particular, or even from an international airport.

Which Greek islands have an airport?

How to find the best airfares to the Greek islands

It’s not always easy to find the best price for the Greek islands. Here’s our advice:

• First of all, the simplest and often most effective solution is to use a price comparison service. We like Aegean greek company.
• Go to the websites of the airports you wish to visit, then look at each airline individually. The airport links are also in the table, on the 3 letters in brackets.

List of all Greek islands accessible by plane

To help you keep track of as much information as possible, we’ve put together a table summarizing the various Greek islands with airports and therefore accessible by plane. For each island, we have noted the journey times from Athens.

This table is purely informative and may no longer be completely accurate due to airline changes.

^{Abbreviations used: ATH for flights from Athens.}

Where are the different Greek islands?

Saronic, Ionian, Sporades… Don’t these names mean anything to you? So don’t panic, we’ll help you find your way around the many Greek islands:

The various Greek islands: Cyclades, Dodecanese, Ionian Islands, Sporades, Saronic Islands…

In a nutshell:

• First of all, the famous Cyclades, the islands in the middle of the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey.
• The Ionian Islands are located to the far west of mainland Greece and the Peloponnese, in the Ionian Sea on the southern side of Italy. Except for the special situation of Kythera.
• Then there are the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea, to the east of the Cyclades and along the Turkish coast.
• The Sporades are located in the Aegean Sea, opposite the Pelion region of mainland Greece.
• The North Aegean islands (Βόρειο Αιγαίο), are of course in the Aegean Sea. More to the east of the Cyclades and Sporades, and to the north of the Dodecanese islands.
• And finally, Crete, the largest and southernmost of the Greek islands, lies in the Mediterranean Sea, south-east of the Peloponnese.

^{Virginie W.}