Chania airport

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International Airport Chania
"Ioannis Daskalogiannis"
Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Χανίων
«Ιωάννης Δασκαλογιάννης»
Chania Airport NASA.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code LGSA
IATA code CHQ
Coordinates

35 ° 31 '54 "  N , 24 ° 8' 59"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 31 '54 "  N , 24 ° 8' 59"  E
Height above MSL 149 m (489  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 14 km east of Chania
Street EO 94
Basic data
operator Fraport Greece
Terminals 1
Passengers 2,983,542 (2019)
Air freight 375 t (2019)
Flight
movements 		20,502 (2019)
Start-and runway
11/29 3347 m × 45 m asphalt

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The Chania "International Airport Ioannis Daskalogiannis " ( English Chania International Airport "Ioannis Daskalogiannis" ; Greek Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Χανίων "Ιωάννης Δασκαλογιάννης" Diethnis Aerolimenas Chanion "Ioannis Daskalogiannis" ) is an international airport on the island of Crete in southern Greece . It is located about 14 km east of the city of Chania on the Akrotiri peninsula . It is named after the Cretan resistance fighter Daskalogiannis . The airport is served by several European charter and scheduled airlines and has served as the base for the low-cost airline Ryanair since March 2013 . In April 2018, the Irish airline announced that it would close the base on June 1st. The reason for this are the excessive airport charges.

The southern and eastern parts of the airport belong to the Greek Air Force , which operates these parts for the air base known as Souda Air Base . During the operation of the space shuttle , this was a possible emergency landing site in the event of an unscheduled landing.

history

From 1954 on, the Maleme airfield was also used for civil aviation. As early as 1959, the airport on Akrotiri replaced him. From then on, civil aviation was handled at the military airfield that had been in use until then, while Maleme was closed to civil aviation. In 1967 the airport received a terminal and two parking spaces for aircraft. In the course of the sharp increase in air traffic to Crete, the airport had to be expanded again in order to be able to handle not only domestic flights but, since 1974, international ones as well. The current terminal was completed in 1996, the airport offers six parking spaces and is expected to be able to handle up to 1,350,000 passengers per year. In fact, the number of passengers handled is significantly higher.

Since 2013, the airport has been expanded significantly for around € 110 million with financial support from the EU. The construction work should be completed in 2015. In autumn 2014, the shell could already be seen next to the previous main building. The construction work was not yet fully completed in autumn 2016.

In November 2014, Fraport was awarded the contract to operate the airport for 40 years and prevailed against other bidders.

Traffic figures

Chania airport - traffic figures
Year of operation Passenger volume Flight movements
2016 2,966,697 19,284
2017 3,042,409 19,512
2018 3,008,995 19,604
2019 2,983,542 20,502

Connection

The airport is approached several times a day from Chania by a KTEL bus. Outside of these travel times, you can only arrive by taxi.

Souda Air Base

Souda Air Base is home to the 115th Combat Squadron of the Greek Air Force . The base is also used by other NATO air forces for exercises or missions. The 115th Combat Squadron is divided into the 340th and 343rd Squadrons. Both squadrons were equipped with the Republic F-84F “Thunderstreak” from 1964 and switched to the LTV A-7H Corsair II in 1976 . In 2002 the Corsair was decommissioned and the squadrons deactivated for a short time. From 2003 the squadrons were converted to the modern Lockheed F-16C / D Block 52+ “Fighting Falcon” .

The base is constructed with two large taxiway loops for over a dozen armored aircraft shelters for one of the squadrons each.

On February 9, 1975 , a German Transall crashed into a mountain while it was approaching the airport. None of the 42 occupants on board survived the accident.

Web links

Commons : Chania Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Air Traffic Statistics. CHQ-Airport.gr, accessed on January 27, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ AIR TRAFFIC STATISTICS 2019. In: ypa.gr. Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority, accessed June 8, 2020 .
  3. ^ Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites. GlobalSecurity.org, accessed October 7, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Website with information about the airport. chania-airport.com (English); Retrieved July 2, 2011
  5. ↑ History and data about the airport. ( Memento of December 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) chania-taxi.com (English), accessed on July 2, 2011
  6. ↑ Information about the expansion of the airport. ec.europa.eu, April 9, 2014 (English, French, Greek) accessed on February 19, 2017
  7. ↑ Press release, November 25, 2014 Fraport AG; Retrieved February 19, 2017
  8. ↑ History of the 115 Combar Wing of the Helenic Air Force ( Memento from September 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)