Araxos airport

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Araxos State Airport
Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Αράξου
Hellenic Airforce - 335 SQ Repair Hangar - distance.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LGRX
IATA code GPA
Coordinates

38 ° 9 '4 "  N , 21 ° 25' 32"  E Coordinates: 38 ° 9 '4 "  N , 21 ° 25' 32"  E

Height above MSL 14 m (46  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 45 km west of Patras
Street E55
Basic data
opening 1992
Terminals 1
Passengers 170,272 (2019)
Flight
movements
1,334 (2019)
Capacity
( PAX per year)
over 133,000 per season
Runways
18R / 36L 3352 m × 45 m concrete
18L / 36R
(closed / used as a runway)
3352 m × 21 m asphalt

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The Araxos Airport (officially Greek Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Αράξου Kratikos Aerolimenas Araxou , brand image as Agamemnon Airport ) is a Greek airport in the northwest of the peninsula Peloponnese at Patras near the Cape Araxos . It is also an important military airfield for the Greek Air Force .

Directions

The airport is 45 km west of Patras near the national road 9 ( E 55 ). The airport is hardly connected to the public transport network. The arrival and departure is essentially only possible by taxi, rental car or private vehicle, and in some cases also by public KTEL buses to Patras and Araxos. Package holidaymakers are picked up at the airport by buses.

Flight connections

The airport is seasonally served by several airlines from Estonia, France, Poland, Russia and Belarus.

The following seasonal direct flights are available from German-speaking countries: TUIfly serves Araxos from Düsseldorf , Frankfurt , Hanover , Munich and Stuttgart . Austrian Airlines flies from Vienna . Edelweiss Air serves Araxos from Zurich in July and August .

history

During the Second World War , the airfield was used by the German Air Force . In September 1943, the I. Group of Stukageschwader 3 moved from Megara to Araxos and flew from there against Italian troops on Kefalonia and Corfu.

Web links

Commons : Araxos Air Base  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b AIR TRAFFIC STATISTICS 2019. In: ypa.gr. Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority, accessed June 8, 2020 .
  2. a b Araxos International Airport in Patras, Greece: About us , accessed on June 14, 2016
  3. Edelweiss: Fleet expansion to 16 aircraft , accessed on May 9, 2019