Kalamata International Airport

Kalamata International Airport
Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας
IATA: KLXICAO: LGKL
KLX
Location of airport in Greece
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
17L/35R 9,436 2,876 (now taxiway)
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft Operations 1,096
Passengers 75,800

Kalamata International Airport (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας) (IATA: KLXICAO: 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).

Contents

Military Base

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.

Incidents and Accidents

History

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
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

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