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Rhodes International Airport

Coordinates: 36°24′19.51″N 28°05′10.29″E / 36.4054194°N 28.0861917°E / 36.4054194; 28.0861917
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Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ρόδου "Διαγόρας»
  • IATA: RHO
  • ICAO: LGRP
    RHO is located in Greece
    RHO
    RHO
    Location of airport in Greece
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek Government
OperatorHCAA
ServesRodos
LocationParadisi
Hub forOlympic Air
Focus city forAegean Airlines
Elevation AMSL6 m / 19 ft
Coordinates36°24′19.51″N 28°05′10.29″E / 36.4054194°N 28.0861917°E / 36.4054194; 28.0861917
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,305 10,844 Asphalt
Statistics (2014, as of November 30th)
PassengersIncrease 4,552,056
Aircraft MovementsIncrease 35,006
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 West side of 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 was the fourth busiest airport in Greece as of 2014, with 4,552,056 passengers utilizing the airport.[2]

History

Civil aviation on Rhodes started after the second world war, on the location of the nearby military Rhodes Maritsa Airport. This was the island's main airport until 1980, 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 upgrade 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]

Facilities

Runway

The airport's single runway direction is 070/250, having a length of 3,306 meters and a width of 60 meters. There are six taxiways connecting the runway with the terminal.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens, Munich, Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf,[4] Frankfurt, Geneva (begins 12 June 2015), Heraklion, Larnaca (begins 15 June 2015), Lyon, Marseille (begins 3 June 2015), Moscow-Domodedovo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Saint Petersburg, Stuttgart (begins 23 May 2015), Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Vienna (begins 22 May 2015), Zürich
Aeroflot
operated by Rossiya 		Seasonal: Saint Petersburg
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga (begins 12 June 2015)[5]
Air Berlin Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Munich, Nuremberg, Zürich
Alitalia Seasonal: Milan-Linate (begins 2 August 2015),[6] Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino
Arkia Israel Airlines Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Arkefly Seasonal: Amsterdam
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Linz, Vienna
Blu-express
operated by Blue Panorama Airlines 		Seasonal: Catania, Rome-Fiumicino
Borajet Seasonal: Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen
British Airways Seasonal: London-Gatwick[7]
Condor Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Manchester, Munich, Paderborn/Lippstadt,[8] Stuttgart
Corendon Dutch AirlinesSeasonal: Amsterdam
easyJet Summer seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa, Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 4 June 2015),[9] Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Ellinair Seasonal: Thessaloniki (begins 20 June 2015) [10]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Germanwings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf
Germania[11]Summer seasonal: Erfurt, Hamburg, Münster/Osnabrück,[12] Rostock-Laage,[13] London-Gatwick (begins 27 May 2015)
HolidayJet
operated by Germania Flug		 Seasonal: Zürich
Israir Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Jet2.com Seasonal: East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jetairfly Summer seasonal: Brussels, Charleroi, Liège, Ostend/Bruges
Meridiana Seasonal: Milan-Linate (begins 30 May 2015),[14] Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Verona
Minoan AirSeasonal: Heraklion
Mistral AirSeasonal: Naples
Monarch Airlines Seasonal: London-Gatwick, Manchester
Niki Seasonal: Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen
Olympic Air Astypalaia(PSO), Kalymnos(PSO),[15] Karpathos(PSO),[15] Kasos(PSO),[15] Kastelorizo(PSO),[15] Kos(PSO),[15] Leros, Sitia(PSO),[15]
Ryanair Athens
Summer seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Charleroi, East Midlands, Kaunas, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Pisa, Stockholm-Skavsta
Sky Express Chios(PSO),[15] Heraklion, Lemnos(PSO),[15] Mytilene(PSO),[15] Samos(PSO)[15]
SmartWings
operated by Travel Service Airlines[16][17]		 Summer seasonal: Brno, Ostrava, Pardubice, Prague
SmartWings
operated by Travel Service Slovakia[16][17]		 Summer seasonal: Bratislava (begins 9 June 2015),[18] Budapest (begins 8 June 2015),[19] Košice
SunExpress Deutschland Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hannover,[20] Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted,[21] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomson Airways Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin,[22] East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter (begins 27 May 2015), Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transaero Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Vnukovo, St Petersburg
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam/The Hague
Transavia.com France Seasonal: Paris-Orly
Travel Service Hungary Seasonal charter: Budapest
TUIfly Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Karlsruhe/Baden Baden (begins 28 May 2015), Munich, Nuremberg, Saarbrücken (begins 21 May 2015), Stuttgart, Vienna (begins 21 May 2015)
VIM Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo[23]
Volotea Seasonal: Venice-Marco Polo
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona, Catania (begins 6 June 2015),[24] Rome-Fiumicino [25]
Wizz Air Summer seasonal: Budapest
XL Airways France Seasonal: Lille

Charter flights

  • From airport's version: Aerostat[26]
AirlinesDestinations
Adria Airways Seasonal: Ljubljana
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Ålesund, Baku, Bari (begins 5 August 2015), Beirut (begins 17 July 2015), Bergamo, Belgrade, Belfast-International, Birmingham,[27] Bucharest, Budapest (begins 16 June 2015), Cluj-Napoca, Cuneo (begins 21 July 2015), Košice, Luleå, Nantes, Odense, Rostov-on-Don, Östersund, Skellefteå, Tirana (begins 30 May 2015)
Aeroflot Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo[28]
Air Bucharest Seasonal: Bucharest , Sibiu, Timișoara
Air Kärnten Seasonal charter: Klagenfurt (begins 5 June 2015)[29]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Graz, Innsbruck
Aviolet
operated by Air Serbia		 Seasonal: Belgrade
BlueBird Airways Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo, St Petersburg, Ufa, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Ellinair Seasonal: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion [30]
Enter Air Seasonal: Bydgoszcz, Łódź
Europe Airpost Seasonal: Brest, Lyon, Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle[31]
Helvetic AirwaysSeasonal: Bern
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
LOT Charters Seasonal: Warsaw-Chopin
Novair Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen, Skellefteå, Stockholm-Arlanda, Visby
Orenair Seasonal: Belgorod, Samara[32]
Primera Air Seasonal: Stockholm-Arlanda
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Bergen, Billund, Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Trondheim
Small Planet Airlines Seasonal: London-Gatwick
Sun d'Or International Airlines
operated by El Al 		Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
TAROM Seasonal: Bucharest, Iași
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Seasonal: Brussels, Liège
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Seasonal: Bergen, Borlänge, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Helsinki, Kalmar, Karlstad, Luleå, Malmö, Norrköping, Örebro, Oslo-Gardermoen, Sandefjord, Stockholm-Arlanda, Trondheim
Transaero Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Yekaterinburg
Transavia.com Seasonal: Groningen, Maastricht
TUIfly Nordic Seasonal: Helsinki, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Ural Airlines Seasonal: Krasnodar
Wind Rose Aviation Seasonal: Kiev-Boryspil

Traffic figures

Annual Passenger Throughput: 14-year history[2]

Year Flights Passengers Passengers Change
2001 28,100 3,428,175 Increase 0.6%
2002 27,010 3,230,483 Decrease 5.8%
2003 29,119 3,166,070 Decrease 2.0%
2004 29,026 3,036,523 Decrease 4.1%
2005 28,444 3,207,514 Increase 5.6%
2006 30,742 3,491,522 Increase 8.9%
2007 32,776 3,625,962 Increase 3.9%
2008 32,490 3,567,469 Decrease 1.6%
2009 31,680 3,470,111 Decrease 2.7%
2010 31,558 3,586,572 Increase 3.4%
2011 34,662 4,148,386 Increase 15.7%
2012 30,896 3,813,947 Decrease 8.1%
2013 32,624 4,200,059 Increase 10.1%
2014 35,006 4,552,056 Increase 8.4%

Ground transport

By car the airport can be reached via the main road along the west coast (Rhodes-Kamiros Avn.). Rodos city is some 30 minutes driving away. Buses to Rodos city depart regularly and the journey takes about 40 minutes.

References

  1. ^ Jeppesen aerodrome charts
  2. ^ a b c "RODOS AIRPORT "DIAGORAS"". ypa.gr. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Rhodes Diagoras International Airport History, Facts and Overview". Airports Guides. http://www.airports-guides.com/. Retrieved 12 November 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ JL (24 September 2013). "Aegean Airlines Planned New Routes in S14". Airline Route.
  5. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2014/12/03/bt-dbvrho-s15/
  6. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2015/01/19/az-lin-aug15/
  7. ^ "British Airways Announce Summer London Gatwick – Rhodes Service". The BA Source. 15 May 2014.
  8. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2014/09/15/de-s15update1/
  9. ^ "New routes for summer 2015". Easyjet.
  10. ^ http://el.ellinair.com
  11. ^ "Germania Flight Schedule / 30.12.2014 - 01.11.2015" (PDF). Germania.
  12. ^ "Germania Adds New Muenster Service from May 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Germania Planned New S15 Routes as of 19NOV14". Airline Route. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  14. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2015/05/13/ig-mil-s15/
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Official Journal of the European Union C 321/6". EUR-Lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  16. ^ a b "SmartWings Contact". smartwings.com.
  17. ^ a b "SmartWings Flight schedule". smartwings.com.
  18. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2015/01/08/qs-bts-jun15/
  19. ^ http://airlineroute.net/2015/03/23/qs-hungary-s15/
  20. ^ http://www.sunexpress.com/de/fluege/flugplan
  21. ^ Cheap holidays, Package Holidays, Hotels, Flights. Thomas Cook (7 December 2011).
  22. ^ Falcon | Holidays | Book amazing value package holiday deals online with Falcon. Falconholidays.ie.
  23. ^ http://www.mouzenidis.gr/avia-table/?CurPage=1&DepartureCityId=860&ArrivalCityId=1&DaysFlow=0&DateFrom=26-04-2015
  24. ^ http://www.vueling.com/en
  25. ^ "Vueling open 24 new routes from Rome". Vuelingnews.com.
  26. ^ http://ebook.aia.gr/?id=231
  27. ^ http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.gr/2014/05/news-aegean.html
  28. ^ "Moscow Domodedovo airport flight schedule". Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  29. ^ http://www.airkaernten.at/
  30. ^ http://www.iaa.gov.il/en-US/airports/bengurion/Pages/OnlineFlights.aspx
  31. ^ http://www.europeairpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Destinations-desservies-vols-loisirs-Europe-Airpost-Saison-ete-2013.pdf
  32. ^ "Кернл Хг Аекцнпндю Асдср Керюрэ Вюпрепш Б Хрюкхч Х Цпежхч / Цпежхъ : Вюпрепш /". Travel.ru. 17 March 2014.

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