Zakynthos International Airport

Zakynthos International Airport, "Dionysios Solomos"
IATA: ZTHICAO: LGZA
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Location of airport in Greece
Summary
Airport type Public
Location Zakynthos
Elevation AMSL 15 ft / 5 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 7,310 2,228 Asphalt

Zakynthos International Airport, "Dionysios Solomos" (IATA: ZTHICAO: LGZA) is an airport in Zakynthos, Greece. The airport is located close to the town of Kalamaki. Planes are not permitted to land or depart during the night. This is due to the endangered loggerhead turtles or "caretta caretta" which lay their eggs on the beaches at night. The Greek authorities can and have permitted planes to take off or land at night but this is very rare.

The airport is 4.3 km from Zante and other seaside tourist destinations such as Lagana, Tsilivi and Kalamaki. The main approach into the airport is Runway 34, meaning aircraft have to fly over Lagana bay and make a 180 degree turn, before flying over sunbathing tourists on the busy Kalamaki beach.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Berlin Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Nuremberg, Zurich
Air Poland Seasonal charter: Poznań, Warsaw
Arkefly Seasonal: Amsterdam
Austrian Airlines operated by Lauda Air Seasonal: Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna
Astra Airlines Seasonal: Thessaloniki
Aviogenex Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Cyprus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca
EasyJet Seasonal: London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Holidays Czech Airlines Seasonal charter: Dublin, Prague
Jat Airways Seasonal: Belgrade
Jetairfly Seasonal: Brussels
Malév Hungarian Airlines Seasonal: Budapest
Monarch Airlines Seasonal: Birmingham, Dublin, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester
Niki Seasonal: Vienna
Novair Seasonal charter: Gothenburg, Stockholm-Arlanda, Oslo-Gardermoen
Olympic Air Athens
Sky Express Corfu, Kefalonia, Preveza
Sky Wings Seasonal charter: Birmingham
SmartWings Seasonal: Prague
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Zurich
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomson Airways Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transavia.com Seasonal: Amsterdam

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