diff --git a/cosmos/profiles/__init__.py b/cosmos/profiles/__init__.py
index 752a84ff3..dae6e2c04 100644
--- a/cosmos/profiles/__init__.py
+++ b/cosmos/profiles/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Type
 
 
+from .athena import AthenaAccessKeyProfileMapping
 from .base import BaseProfileMapping
 from .bigquery.service_account_file import GoogleCloudServiceAccountFileProfileMapping
 from .bigquery.service_account_keyfile_dict import GoogleCloudServiceAccountDictProfileMapping
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 from .trino.ldap import TrinoLDAPProfileMapping
 
 profile_mappings: list[Type[BaseProfileMapping]] = [
+    AthenaAccessKeyProfileMapping,
     GoogleCloudServiceAccountFileProfileMapping,
     GoogleCloudServiceAccountDictProfileMapping,
     GoogleCloudOauthProfileMapping,
diff --git a/cosmos/profiles/athena/__init__.py b/cosmos/profiles/athena/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cbb09a7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cosmos/profiles/athena/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+"Athena Airflow connection -> dbt profile mappings"
+
+from .access_key import AthenaAccessKeyProfileMapping
+
+__all__ = ["AthenaAccessKeyProfileMapping"]
diff --git a/cosmos/profiles/athena/access_key.py b/cosmos/profiles/athena/access_key.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..276789d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cosmos/profiles/athena/access_key.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"Maps Airflow AWS connections to a dbt Athena profile using an access key id and secret access key."
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from ..base import BaseProfileMapping
+
+
+class AthenaAccessKeyProfileMapping(BaseProfileMapping):
+    """
+    Maps Airflow AWS connections to a dbt Athena profile using an access key id and secret access key.
+    
+    https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/core/connect-data-platform/athena-setup
+    https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow-providers-amazon/stable/connections/aws.html
+    """
+
+    airflow_connection_type: str = "aws"
+    dbt_profile_type: str = "athena"
+
+    required_fields = [
+        "aws_access_key_id",
+        "aws_secret_access_key",
+        "database",
+        "region_name",
+        "s3_staging_dir",
+        "schema",
+    ]
+    secret_fields = [
+        "aws_secret_access_key",
+    ]
+    airflow_param_mapping = {
+        "aws_access_key_id": "login",
+        "aws_secret_access_key": "password",
+        "aws_profile_name": "extra.aws_profile_name",
+        "database": "extra.database",
+        "debug_query_state": "extra.debug_query_state",
+        "lf_tags_database": "extra.lf_tags_database",
+        "num_retries": "extra.num_retries",
+        "poll_interval": "extra.poll_interval",
+        "region_name": "extra.region_name",
+        "s3_data_dir": "extra.s3_data_dir",
+        "s3_data_naming": "extra.s3_data_naming",
+        "s3_staging_dir": "extra.s3_staging_dir",
+        "schema": "extra.schema",
+        "seed_s3_upload_args": "extra.seed_s3_upload_args",
+        "work_group": "extra.work_group",
+    }
+
+    @property
+    def profile(self) -> dict[str, Any | None]:
+        "Gets profile. The password is stored in an environment variable."
+        profile = {
+            **self.mapped_params,
+            **self.profile_args,
+            # aws_secret_access_key should always get set as env var
+            "aws_secret_access_key": self.get_env_var_format("aws_secret_access_key"),
+        }
+        return self.filter_null(profile)
+
+    @property
+    def mock_profile(self) -> dict[str, Any | None]:
+        "Gets mock profile."
+        parent_mock = super().mock_profile
+
+        return {
+            **parent_mock,
+        }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 11e819774..d194779f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dbt-all = [
+    "dbt-athena",
     "dbt-bigquery",
     "dbt-databricks",
     "dbt-exasol",
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ dbt-all = [
     "dbt-snowflake",
     "dbt-spark",
 ]
+dbt-athena = [
+    "dbt-athena-community",
+]
 dbt-bigquery = [
     "dbt-bigquery",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/profiles/athena/test_athena_access_key.py b/tests/profiles/athena/test_athena_access_key.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6ee2b896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/profiles/athena/test_athena_access_key.py
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+"Tests for the Athena profile."
+
+import json
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+from airflow.models.connection import Connection
+
+from cosmos.profiles import get_automatic_profile_mapping
+from cosmos.profiles.athena.access_key import AthenaAccessKeyProfileMapping
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def mock_athena_conn():  # type: ignore
+    """
+    Sets the connection as an environment variable.
+    """
+    conn = Connection(
+        conn_id="my_athena_connection",
+        conn_type="aws",
+        login="my_aws_access_key_id",
+        password="my_aws_secret_key",
+        extra=json.dumps(
+            {
+                "database": "my_database",
+                "region_name": "my_region",
+                "s3_staging_dir": "s3://my_bucket/dbt/",
+                "schema": "my_schema",
+            }
+        )
+    )
+
+    with patch("airflow.hooks.base.BaseHook.get_connection", return_value=conn):
+        yield conn
+
+def test_athena_connection_claiming() -> None:
+    """
+    Tests that the Athena profile mapping claims the correct connection type.
+    """
+    # should only claim when:
+    # - conn_type == aws
+    # and the following exist:
+    # - login
+    # - password
+    # - database
+    # - region_name
+    # - s3_staging_dir
+    # - schema
+    potential_values = {
+        "conn_type": "aws",
+        "login": "my_aws_access_key_id",
+        "password": "my_aws_secret_key",
+        "extra": json.dumps(
+            {
+                "database": "my_database",
+                "region_name": "my_region",
+                "s3_staging_dir": "s3://my_bucket/dbt/",
+                "schema": "my_schema",
+            }
+        )
+    }
+
+    # if we're missing any of the values, it shouldn't claim
+    for key in potential_values:
+        values = potential_values.copy()
+        del values[key]
+        conn = Connection(**values)  # type: ignore
+
+        print("testing with", values)
+
+        with patch("airflow.hooks.base.BaseHook.get_connection", return_value=conn):
+            # should raise an InvalidMappingException
+            profile_mapping = AthenaAccessKeyProfileMapping(conn, {})
+            assert not profile_mapping.can_claim_connection()
+
+    # if we have them all, it should claim
+    conn = Connection(**potential_values)  # type: ignore
+    with patch("airflow.hooks.base.BaseHook.get_connection", return_value=conn):
+        profile_mapping = AthenaAccessKeyProfileMapping(conn, {})
+        assert profile_mapping.can_claim_connection()
+
+def test_athena_profile_mapping_selected(
+    mock_athena_conn: Connection,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Tests that the correct profile mapping is selected for Athena.
+    """
+    profile_mapping = get_automatic_profile_mapping(
+        mock_athena_conn.conn_id,
+    )
+    assert isinstance(profile_mapping, AthenaAccessKeyProfileMapping)
+
+def test_athena_profile_args(
+    mock_athena_conn: Connection,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Tests that the profile values get set correctly for Athena.
+    """
+    profile_mapping = get_automatic_profile_mapping(
+        mock_athena_conn.conn_id,
+    )
+
+    assert profile_mapping.profile == {
+        "type": "athena",
+        "aws_access_key_id": mock_athena_conn.login,
+        "aws_secret_access_key": "{{ env_var('COSMOS_CONN_AWS_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY') }}",
+        "database": mock_athena_conn.extra_dejson.get("database"),
+        "region_name": mock_athena_conn.extra_dejson.get("region_name"),
+        "s3_staging_dir": mock_athena_conn.extra_dejson.get("s3_staging_dir"),
+        "schema": mock_athena_conn.extra_dejson.get("schema"),
+    }
+
+def test_athena_profile_args_overrides(
+    mock_athena_conn: Connection,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Tests that you can override the profile values for Athena.
+    """
+    profile_mapping = get_automatic_profile_mapping(
+        mock_athena_conn.conn_id,
+        profile_args={"schema": "my_custom_schema", "database": "my_custom_db"},
+    )
+    assert profile_mapping.profile_args == {
+        "schema": "my_custom_schema",
+        "database": "my_custom_db",
+    }
+
+    assert profile_mapping.profile == {
+        "type": "athena",
+        "aws_access_key_id": mock_athena_conn.login,
+        "aws_secret_access_key": "{{ env_var('COSMOS_CONN_AWS_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY') }}",
+        "database": "my_custom_db",
+        "region_name": mock_athena_conn.extra_dejson.get("region_name"),
+        "s3_staging_dir": mock_athena_conn.extra_dejson.get("s3_staging_dir"),
+        "schema": "my_custom_schema",
+    }
+
+def test_athena_profile_env_vars(
+    mock_athena_conn: Connection,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Tests that the environment variables get set correctly for Athena.
+    """
+    profile_mapping = get_automatic_profile_mapping(
+        mock_athena_conn.conn_id,
+    )
+    assert profile_mapping.env_vars == {
+        "COSMOS_CONN_AWS_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": mock_athena_conn.password,
+    }