| Kalamata International Airport Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας |
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| IATA: KLX – ICAO: LGKL
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority | ||
| Location | Kalamata | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 26 ft / 8 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17R/35L | 8,868 | 2,703 | Asphalt |
| 9,436 | 2,876 | (now taxiway) | |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft Operations | 1,096 | ||
| Passengers | 75,800 | ||
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.
The airport is located between Kalamata and Messene on GR-82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparta) and west of the train tracks on the Pamisos River plain. The runway is about 2.7 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).
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There is a military base of the Hellenic Air Force and an air-training department to the west of the runway. Hellenic Air Force uses the same runway as the commercial airplanes.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aegean Airlines | Athens, Munich, Thessaloniki Seasonal charter: Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Air Berlin | Seasonal: Nuremberg |
| Belle Air | Seasonal: Tirana |
| Fly Hellas | Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick |
| Olympic Air | Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal charter: Oslo-Gardermoen [1] |
| Sky Express | Seasonal: Heraklion |
| SmartWings | Seasonal: Prague |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Thomson Airways | Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick |
| Transavia.com | Seasonal: Amsterdam |