Where to Meet Halfway Between Athens and Los Angeles
The best meeting cities between Athens and Los Angeles, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Athens (ATH) and Los Angeles (LAX) are 11,127 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 65.95°, -51.47°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 5,563 km flight. In practice the better meeting city is the one whose flights actually arrive together — the list below starts from distance, and the search underneath it checks real schedules for your date.
Best cities to meet between Athens and Los Angeles
1. Reykjavik, Iceland (KEF)
4,201 km / 6,926 kmA small, dramatic capital that doubles as a convenient stopover between North America and Europe.
2. Montreal, Canada (YUL)
7,632 km / 3,973 kmCanada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.
3. New York, United States (JFK)
7,932 km / 3,974 kmA meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.
4. Osaka, Japan (KIX)
9,297 km / 9,221 kmJapan's food capital, and a practical gateway to Kyoto, Nara, and the Kansai region.
5. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)
8,128 km / 3,494 kmCanada's largest city and a major transatlantic and transpacific connecting point.
6. Tokyo, Japan (HND)
9,511 km / 8,812 kmAn extraordinarily efficient, safe, and easy city to navigate once you understand the rail map.
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Where is the halfway point between Athens and Los Angeles?
The geographic midpoint of the 11,127 km great-circle route between Athens (ATH) and Los Angeles (LAX) lies near 65.95°, -51.47° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 5,563 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Athens and Los Angeles?
Reykjavik (KEF) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 4,201 km from Athens and 6,926 km from Los Angeles. A small, dramatic capital that doubles as a convenient stopover between North America and Europe.
How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Athens and Los Angeles?
Fly2Meet compares real departure schedules from both cities on a date you choose and ranks the flight pairs whose arrival times land closest together, so neither traveler waits long at the airport. It is free and needs no account.
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