Araxos Airport

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Araxos Airport
Αεροδρόμιο Αράξου
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IATA: GPA – ICAO: LGRX
GPA is located in Greece
GPA
GPA
Location of airport in Greece
Summary
Airport type Military / Civilian
Owner Greek Armed Forces
Operator Hellenic Air Force and the Civil Aviation Authority of Greece
Serves Patras and Pyrgos, Greece
Location Araxos
Elevation AMSL 46 ft / 14 m
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Website araxos-airport.gr
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18R/36L 3,352 10,997 Concrete
Statistics (2003)
Domestic arrivals 1,376
Domestic departures 1,309
International arrivals 34,399
International departures 36,246

Araxos Airport (Greek: Αεροδρόμιο Αράξου) (IATA: GPA, ICAO: LGRX) is the airport of Patras, the third-largest city in Greece. It serves as a combined civilian and military airport and is located near the namesaking village of Araxos, Achaea. It is also known as Agamemnon Airport and primarily is used as an active air base for the Hellenic Air Force, with some civilian services to European destinations during the summer months.

116th Combat Wing

Araxos was established as a military airport in 1936, but construction of the runway was not completed until 1941, when it also became the site of the first radar installation in Greece.[4]

The airport has served as the home base of the Hellenic Air Force's 116th Combat Wing (116 Πτέρυγα Μάχης) since May 1969, and of its precursor the 116th Combat Group (116 Σμηναρχία Μάχης) since April 1962. It currently comprises the 336th Bomber Squadron and 335th Squadron.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Berlin Seasonal: Zürich
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Belavia Seasonal charter: Minsk[5]
El Al Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion[6]
Israir Airlines Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion[6]
Meridiana Seasonal: Milan–Linate
Nordavia Seasonal charter: Moscow–Sheremetyevo[7]
NordStar Seasonal charter: Moscow–Domodedovo[8]
TUIfly Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover (begins 27 May 2016), Munich, Stuttgart
VIM Airlines Seasonal charter: Moscow–Domodedovo[5][8]

Ground transport

Araxos airport is located 45 km west of the city of Patras and 60 km north of Pyrgos. There are bus services from Patras to Araxos.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for LGRX at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  2. ↑ Airport information for GPA at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ http://www.alxd.gr/AirportGuide/araxos/araxosE.html
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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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