| Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ρόδου «Διαγόρας» |
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| IATA: RHO – ICAO: LGRP
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Greek Government | ||
| Operator | HCAA | ||
| Serves | Rodos | ||
| Location | Paradisi | ||
| Hub for | Olympic Air | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 19 ft | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 07/25 | 3,305 | 10,844 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Aircraft movements | 31,558 | ||
| Passengers | 3,586,572 | ||
| Runway[1] Statistics[2] | |||
Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ρόδου, «Διαγόρας») or Diagoras International Airport (IATA: RHO, ICAO: LGRP) is located on the island of Rhodes in Greece. The facility is located just north of the village Paradisi, about 14 km southwest of the capital city, Rodos. Rhodes International Airport is the fourth busiest airport of Greece.
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Civil aviation on Rhodes started after the second world war, on the location of the nearby military Rhodes Maritsa Airport. This has been the island's main airport until 1980. That was when the new Rhodes International Airport was opened. The need for a new facility was big, as the 'old' Maritsa airport did not meet the needs for a modern civil airport.
The new "Diagoras" airport was built in 1977. It was decided that, on this location, it would meet the needs of the island better. Over the passing years, many improvements have been made to the airport, like expansion of taxiways, platform and airport buildings. The most recent uprade is the new passenger terminal, which opened in 2005, to better accommodate the growing amount of charters and passengers. The airport's plants currently cover a total area of 60,000 m2[3][4]
Annual Passenger Throughput - 10 year history[2]
| Year | Flights | Passengers | Passengers Change |
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| 2001 | 28,100 | 3,428,175 | 0.6% |
| 2002 | 27,010 | 3,230,483 | 5.8% |
| 2003 | 29,119 | 3,166,070 | 2.0% |
| 2004 | 29,026 | 3,036,523 | 4.1% |
| 2005 | 28,444 | 3,207,514 | 5.6% |
| 2006 | 30,742 | 3,491,522 | 8.9% |
| 2007 | 32,776 | 3,625,962 | 3.9% |
| 2008 | 32,490 | 3,567,469 | 1.6% |
| 2009 | 31,680 | 3,470,111 | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 31,558 | 3,586,572 | 3,4% |
By car the airport is easily reached via the main road along the coast. Rodos city is about 20 minutes driving away. The airport is also frequented by buses. Buses to Rodos city depart regularly and the journey takes about 40 minutes. The bus stop is located 300 m to the left, when leaving the terminal via door 1. A taxi can be taken just outside the arrivals hall. The taxifare to the centre of Rodos city is about € 16,-[5][6]
Flights operate a variety of domestic destinations, including Athens, Thessaloniki, Iraklio and Mykonos. The summer season is by far the most busy time of the airport. Many scheduled and charter flights operate from Diagoras to all over Europe and a variety of Middle-East destinations.
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aegean Airlines | Athens, Munich, Rome-Fiumicino, Thessaloniki Seasonal: Larnaca, Milan-Malpensa Seasonal charter: Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Moscow-Domodedovo, Tel Aviv |
| Aeroflot | Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo [7] |
| Air Berlin | Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Tegel, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Nuremberg, Zürich |
| Air Finland | Seasonal: Helsinki |
| Air Italy Polska | Seasonal charter: Warsaw |
| Air One | Seasonal: Milan-Malpensa |
| AlbaStar | Catania |
| Arkefly | Seasonal: Amsterdam |
| Arkia | Seasonal Charter: Tel Aviv |
| Astra Airlines | Seasonal: Thessaloniki |
| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna |
| Belle Air | Tirana |
| BH Air | Seasonal charter: Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| City Airline | Seasonal charter: Gothenburg-Landvetter |
| Condor Flugdienst | Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart |
| Cyprus Airways | Heraklion, Larnaca |
| EasyJet | Seasonal: Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 23 June 2012], Liverpool, London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Orly |
| Europe Airpost | Seasonal: Paris-CDG, Strasbourg |
| Finnair | Seasonal: Helsinki |
| Germania | Seasonal charter[8]: Bremen, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Friedrichshafen, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück |
| Germanwings | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn |
| Hello | Seasonal charter[9]: Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, Kos, Zurich |
| Holidays Czech Airlines | Seasonal: Prague |
| Israir | Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv |
| Jet2 | Seasonal: East Midlands, Glasgow-International [begins 23 May 2012], Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Jetairfly | Seasonal: Brussels, Charleroi, Liège, Ostend-Bruges |
| Lauda Air | Seasonal charter: Graz, Innsbruck, Linz, Salzburg |
| Luxair | Seasonal charter: Luxembourg |
| Malév Hungarian Airlines | Seasonal: Budapest [begins 16 July] |
| Monarch | Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Niki | Seasonal: Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal charter: Oslo-Gardermoen |
| Novair | Seasonal charter: Gothenburg-Landvetter , Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Malmö |
| Olympic Air | Astypalaia, Athens, Heraklion, Karpathos, Kasos, Kastelorizo, Leros, Sitia, Thessaloniki |
| Orenair | Seasonal: Chelyabinsk |
| Primera Air | Seasonal charter: Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Ryanair | Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Bologna, Bremen, Brussels-Charleroi, Cagliari, East Midlands [begins April 2012], Hahn, Kaunas, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Pisa, Rome-Ciampino, Stockholm-Skavsta, Weeze |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal charter: Bergen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Sky Express | Chios, Heraklion, Mytilene, Samos |
| Sky Wings | Charter Seasonal Birmingham |
| SmartWings | Seasonal Bratislava, Brno, Košice, Ostrava, Prague |
| Strategic Airlines | Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Sun d'Or operated by El Al |
Seasonal: Tel Aviv |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Seasonal: Zurich |
| Swiss International Air Lines operated by Edelweiss Air |
Seasonal: Zurich |
| Tarom | Seasonal: Bucharest-Henri Coanda |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Seasonal Charter: Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia | Seasonal charter: Bergen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Karlstad, Oslo-Gardermoen, Sandefjord, Stockholm-Arlanda,Helsinki |
| Thomson Airways | Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Transaero | Seasonal charter: Moscow-Sheremetyevo [10] |
| Transavia.com | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven |
| Transavia.com France | Seasonal: Paris-Orly |
| Travel Service Hungary | Seasonal: Budapest |
| Travel Service operated by SmartWings | Seasonal: Bratislava |
| TUIfly | Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken |
| TUIfly Nordic | Seasonal charter: Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda,Helsinki |
| Viking Hellas | Seasonal: Belfast-International, Izmir, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Manchester, Nantes, Tel Aviv, Verona |
| White Airways | Seasonal: Lisbon |