Kalamata International Airport
Kalamata International Airport "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας «Καπετάν Βασίλης Κωνσταντακόπουλος» | |||||||||||||||
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 Kalamata International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Greek state | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | HCAA | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Kalamata, Messinia, Greece | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 26 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°04′06″N 22°01′32″E / 37.06833°N 22.02556°E | ||||||||||||||
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Kalamata International Airport (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας) (IATA: KLX, ICAO: LGKL) "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos" is an airport in the city of Kalamata, Greece. It mainly receives flights during the summer. In March 2013, Aegean Airlines opened a base in the airport.[3]
Overview
The airport is located between Kalamata and Messini 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).
There is a military base of the Hellenic Air Force and an air-training department to the west of the runway.[4][better source needed] The air base uses the same runway as civilian aircraft.[citation needed]
History
Kalamata International Airport was opened in 1959. Charter flights began to operate out of the airport in 1986 and a new terminal was built in 1991. The same year Hellenic Civil Aviation took over as operator of the airport. In 2012 the airport was renamed after Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos.[citation needed]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal: Brussels,[5] Munich, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal charter: Katowice,[citation needed] Warsaw–Chopin |
| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna[6] |
| British Airways | Seasonal: London–Heathrow |
| Condor | Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart |
| easyJet | Seasonal: London–Gatwick |
| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zurich |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Stuttgart |
| Jet2.com | Seasonal: Birmingham,[7] London–Stansted,[8] Manchester[9] |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Seasonal: Gdańsk,[citation needed] Katowice |
| Lufthansa | Seasonal: Munich[10] |
| Olympic Air | Thessaloniki |
| Ryanair | Seasonal: Bergamo, London–Stansted, Milan–Malpensa,[11] Pisa, Vienna[12][13] |
| Smartwings | Seasonal: Katowice, Warsaw–Chopin[14] |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Seasonal: Geneva[15] |
| Trade Air | Seasonal charter: Innsbruck[16] |
| Transavia | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Paris–Orly[17] |
| TUI fly Belgium | Seasonal: Lille, Nantes |
| Tus Airways | Seasonal: Larnaca[18] |
| Volotea | Seasonal: Venice[19] |
Statistics
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Accidents and incidents
- On 16 October 1971, an NAMC YS-11 turboprop regional airliner of Olympic Airways was hijacked. It had departed from Kalamata International Airport to Hellinikon International Airport. There was one hijacker, who demanded to be taken to Lebanon. All 64 passengers and crew survived after the aircraft was stormed and the hijacker arrested. The hijacking lasted less than a day.[20]
- In November 2001, fourteen plane spotters (twelve British and two Dutch) were arrested by the police after being observed photographing aircraft at the air base.[21]
Ground Transport
The airport has been criticised for the lack of public transport.[22][better source needed] The only way to reach the airport is by car, taxi or bus.[23] The neighboring railway line to Messini and Kalamata was shut down in 2011.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ LGKL/JEPPESEN KALAMATA, GREECE, Jeppesen aerodrome charts
- ^ "KALAMATA AIRPORT "CAPTAIN VASSILIS CONSTANTAKOPOULOS"". ypa.gr. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Δελτία τύπου – About Aegean".
- ^ "Greek Airfield Bombed". The Mercury. Vol. CLVIII, no. 22, 686. Tasmania. 17 August 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 25 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA".
- ^ austrian.com - Flights to Kalamata retrieved 10 September 2022
- ^ "Jet2 announce two new routes from Birmingham; to be #2 base". 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Jet2 expands summer 2020 network to Greece".
- ^ "Jet2 expands summer 2020 network to Greece".
- ^ "Lufthansa: Book now for the summer". Lufthansa Group.
- ^ "Ryanair will connect Milan Malpensa to Kalamata from next March". travelquotidiano.com. 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Laudamotion outlines summer 2018 operations". routesonline.com. 16 March 2018.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Ryanair / Laudamotion S20 network consolidation as of 18JUN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Wakacje 2021. Aż dziewięć nowych kierunków z Lotniska Chopina. Gdzie można polecieć z Warszawy na urlop?". 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Swiss Opens New Seasonal Routes Departing from Geneva". 17 January 2018.
- ^ https://www.innsbruck-airport.com/fileadmin/userdaten/HP_Sommerflugplan_2022.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Liu, Jim (22 January 2020). "Transavia France S20 network expansion as of 17JAN20". Routes.
- ^ https://www.tusairways.com [bare URL]
- ^ https://www.volotea.com/el/flight-offers/kratikos-aerolimenas-kalamatas/benetia/?departureDate=2020-06-24&returnDate=2020-08-26&adults=1&childs=0&infants=0&jorney=roundtrip [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Hijacking description NAMC YS-11 registration unknown, Athens". Aviation Safety Network.
- ^ "British plane-spotters face spying charges.(Home news)", The Times (London, England), NI Syndication Limited: 13, 12 November 2001, ISSN 0140-0460, ...Byline: Philip Pank TWELVE plane-spotters from Britain face possible imprisonment in Greece after they were arrested and charged with spying at a military airbase south of Athens...
- ^ Kalamata International Airport - Kalamatas, Messinia, Greece - Airport, Landmark & historical place, Facebook, 2016 Review:...Not even close to being an international airport.Poor building and infrastructure. Poor transport. Only taxi transport. The local buses have an unknown timetable. No info desk, no bus stop except a sign sprayed on the road, no shade at 40 celsius. Poor is being kind to this excuse of an airport...
- ^ http://www.hcaa.gr/en/our-airports/kratikos-aerolimenas-kalamatas-kapetan-bas-kwnstantakopoylos-kakl , Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority - Our Airports - Kalamata Airport "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos"
