# Distance from Athens (ATH) to Hit (IQA)

> 1,726 km · estimated flight time 3h · Medium-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 1,726 km / 1,073 mi / 932 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 3h
- **Heading**: 100° (east)
- **Return heading**: 291° (west northwest)
- **Classification**: Medium-haul
- **Type**: International (Greece) → Iraq
- **Intercontinental**: Europe → Asia
- **Time difference**: +0h (When it's 14:01 in Athens, it's 14:01 in Hit)
- **Elevation difference**: 310 ft (IQA is higher than ATH)

## Airports

### [Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/ath-athens-eleftherios-venizelos-international-airport/1ef266df-4dd8-66cc-be87-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Athens, Greece
- ICAO: LGAV
- Timezone: Europe/Athens
- Coordinates: 37.940000, 23.940000
- Elevation: 308 ft

### [Al Asad Air Base (IQA)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/iqa-hit-al-asad-air-base/1ef266df-83db-663e-bd59-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Hit, Iraq
- ICAO: ORAA
- Timezone: Asia/Baghdad
- Coordinates: 33.790000, 42.440000
- Elevation: 618 ft

## Route notes

This is a medium-haul route that may be operated by either narrow-body or wide-body aircraft depending on demand. Passengers can expect a meal service on most carriers.

## Related

- [Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/ath-athens-eleftherios-venizelos-international-airport/1ef266df-4dd8-66cc-be87-06bb2780ed98)
- [Al Asad Air Base (IQA)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/iqa-hit-al-asad-air-base/1ef266df-83db-663e-bd59-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)