Kalamata International Airport
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| Kalamata International Airport Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας |
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| IATA: KLX - ICAO: LGKL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Kalamata | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 26 ft (8 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17R/35L | 8,868 | 2,703 | Asphalt |
Kalamata International Airport (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας) (IATA: KLX, ICAO: LGKL) is an airport in the city of Kalamata, Greece. It mainly receives charter flights during the summer months. Once a week there is a scheduled domestic flight from Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city.
The airport is located between Kalamata and Messene on GR-82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparta) and west of the train tracks on the Pamisos plain. The runway is about 2 km long and runs from north to south from the highway north to the plain. The terminal lies to the east and is accessed with GR-7/E55/E65 (Kalamata - Tripoli - Corinth).
[edit] History
- 1959 - Kalamata International Airport opens
- 1986 - Charter flights begin to operate out of the airport
- 1991 - New aircraft terminal was built
- 1991 - Operated by Hellenic Civil Aviation
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Olympic Airlines (Athens ,Thessaloniki)
- Sky Express (Heraklion)
- Thomas Cook Airlines (London-Gatwick, Manchester) [seasonal]
- XL Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester) [seasonal]
[edit] External links
- Greek Airports: Kalamata International Airport
- Greek Airport Guide: Kalamata Airport
- Airport information for LGKL at World Aero Data
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