diff --git a/dbt-athena/src/dbt/adapters/athena/relation.py b/dbt-athena/src/dbt/adapters/athena/relation.py
index ed5495dea..7728c8557 100644
--- a/dbt-athena/src/dbt/adapters/athena/relation.py
+++ b/dbt-athena/src/dbt/adapters/athena/relation.py
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ def get_table_type(table: TableTypeDef) -> TableType:
 
     if table.get("Parameters", {}).get("table_type", "").lower() == "iceberg":
         _type = TableType.ICEBERG
+    elif table.get("Parameters", {}).get("EXTERNAL", "").lower() == "true":
+        _type = TableType.TABLE
+    elif table.get("Parameters", {}).get("createdBy", "").lower() == "appflow.amazonaws.com":
+        _type = TableType.TABLE
     elif not input_table_type:
         raise ValueError(f"Table type cannot be None for table {table_full_name}")
     else: