List of the busiest airports in Greece

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This is a list of Greece's busiest airports per year by passenger traffic.

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Annual passenger traffic at ATH HEW HER SKG RHO CFU CHQ KGS JTR ZTH airports. See Wikidata query.

2023

Data taken from the official websites of the airports [1] [2] [3]

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 28,174,150Increase2.svg24.0%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion 8,723,031Increase2.svg7.7%Steady2.svg
3 Thessaloniki 7,029,957Increase2.svg18.7%Steady2.svg
4 Rhodes 6,142,813Increase2.svg4.9%Steady2.svg
5 Corfu 4,068,053Increase2.svg8.5%Steady2.svg
6 Chania 3,648,416Increase2.svg10.9%Steady2.svg
7 Kos 2,954,719Increase2.svg5.8%Steady2.svg
8 Santorini 2,775,805Increase2.svg1.1%Steady2.svg
9 Zakynthos 2,081,931Increase2.svg9.4%Steady2.svg
10 Mykonos 1,659,187Decrease2.svg1.7%Steady2.svg

2022

Data taken from the official websites of the airports [1] [2] [3]

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 22,728,750Increase2.svg84.1%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion 8,087,146Increase2.svg60.2%Steady2.svg
3 Thessaloniki 5,923,175Increase2.svg71.7%Steady2.svg
4 Rhodes 5,857,036Increase2.svg74.0%Steady2.svg
5 Corfu 3,749,106Increase2.svg83.4%Steady2.svg
6 Chania 3,290,802Increase2.svg83.3%Steady2.svg
7 Kos 2,791,590Increase2.svg77.3%Steady2.svg
8 Santorini 2,744,650Increase2.svg77.5%Steady2.svg
9 Zakynthos 1.903,404Increase2.svg87.9%Steady2.svg
10 Mykonos 1,688,037Increase2.svg60.4%Steady2.svg

2021

Data taken from the official websites of the airports [1] [2]

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 12,345,786Increase2.svg52.8%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion 5,046,236Increase2.svg112.2%Steady2.svg
3 Thessaloniki 3,449,658Increase2.svg48.9%Steady2.svg
4 Rhodes 3,366,614Increase2.svg117.0%Steady2.svg
5 Corfu 2,044,704Increase2.svg112.8%Steady2.svg
6 Chania 1,795,236Increase2.svg155.2%Increase2.svg1
7 Kos 1,574,518Increase2.svg101.9%Decrease2.svg1
8 Santorini 1,546,584Increase2.svg170.0%Steady2.svg
9 Zakynthos 1,012,913Increase2.svg135.4%Steady2.svg
10 Mykonos 1,052,080Increase2.svg157.2%Steady2.svg

2020

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) [4]

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 8,026,940Decrease2.svg68.6%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion 2,398,264Decrease2.svg69.8%Steady2.svg
3 Thessaloniki 2,302,616Decrease2.svg66.6%Steady2.svg
4 Rhodes 1,521,327Decrease2.svg72.6%Steady2.svg
5 Corfu 949.853Decrease2.svg71.0%Steady2.svg
6 Kos 779,770Decrease2.svg70.9%Increase2.svg1
7 Chania 696,548Decrease2.svg76.7%Decrease2.svg1
8 Santorini 563.383Decrease2.svg75.5%Steady2.svg
9 Zakynthos 421,565Decrease2.svg76.7%Steady2.svg
10 Mykonos 396,066Decrease2.svg73.9%Steady2.svg
11 Mytilene 200,014Decrease2.svg59.7%Increase2.svg2
12 Cephalonia 184,489Decrease2.svg76.2%Decrease2.svg1
13 Aktion / Preveza 154,325Decrease2.svg75.3%Decrease2.svg1
14 Samos 136,442Decrease2.svg70.8%Steady2.svg
15 Alexandroupolis 128,949Decrease2.svg45.8%Increase2.svg5
16 Chios 122,742Decrease2.svg49.5%Increase2.svg3
17 Paros 98,991Decrease2.svg56.2%Increase2.svg4
18 Kalamata 87,283Decrease2.svg73.7%Decrease2.svg2
19 Skiathos 85,729Decrease2.svg80.8%Decrease2.svg4
20 Kavala 70,665Decrease2.svg78.1%Decrease2.svg3
21 Lemnos 56,906
22 Naxos 52,594
23 Karpathos 51,315
24 Ioannina 36.856
25 Milos 36,534
26 Araxos/Patras 28,348
27 Ikaria 23,763
28 Kithira 13,618
29 Leros 11,994
30 Sitia 11,134
31 Nea Anchialos / Volos 10,372
32 Astypalaia 9,811
33 Skyros 8,768
34 Syros 7,395
35 Kalymnos 5,556
36 Kastellorizo 2,696
37 Kastoria 1,588
38 Kozani 1,561
39 Kasos 1,110

2019

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) [4] and from the official websites of the airports [1] [2]

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 25,574,030Increase2.svg6.0%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion 7,933,558Decrease2.svg2.0%Steady2.svg
3 Thessaloniki 6,897,057Increase2.svg3.1%Steady2.svg
4 Rhodes 5,542,567Decrease2.svg0.5%Steady2.svg
5 Corfu 3,275,897Decrease2.svg2.6%Steady2.svg
6 Chania 2,983,542Decrease2.svg0.8%Steady2.svg
7 Kos 2,676,644Increase2.svg0.4%Steady2.svg
8 Santorini 2,300,408Increase2.svg2.0%Steady2.svg
9 Zakynthos 1,810,427Increase2.svg0.5%Steady2.svg
10 Mykonos 1,520,145Increase2.svg8.9%Steady2.svg
11 Cephalonia 774,170Increase2.svg1.6%Steady2.svg
12 Aktion / Preveza 625,790Increase2.svg7.2%Steady2.svg
13 Mytilene 496,577Increase2.svg4.1%Steady2.svg
14 Samos 467,395Increase2.svg3.9%Steady2.svg
15 Skiathos 446,219Increase2.svg1.9%Steady2.svg
16 Kalamata 331,961Increase2.svg15.2%Increase2.svg1
17 Kavala 323,310Decrease2.svg20.6%Decrease2.svg1
18 Karpathos 259,517Increase2.svg2.2%Increase2.svg2
19 Chios 242,815Increase2.svg5.0%Decrease2.svg1
20 Alexandroupolis 237,939Increase2.svg13.1%Decrease2.svg1
21 Paros 226,124Increase2.svg10.5%Steady2.svg
22 Araxos/Patras 165,424Decrease2.svg9.0%Steady2.svg
23 Ioannina 133,568Increase2.svg22.6%Steady2.svg

2018

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) [4] and from the official websites of the airports [1] [2]

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 24,135,736Increase2.svg11.0%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion 8,098,465Increase2.svg10.4%Steady2.svg
3 Thessaloniki 6,689,193Increase2.svg7.1%Steady2.svg
4 Rhodes 5,567,748Increase2.svg5.0%Steady2.svg
5 Corfu 3,364,115Increase2.svg15.1%Increase2.svg1
6 Chania 3,008,687Decrease2.svg1.1%Decrease2.svg1
7 Kos 2,666,307Increase2.svg14.9%Steady2.svg
8 Santorini 2,254,926Increase2.svg16.8%Steady2.svg
9 Zakynthos 1,800,457Increase2.svg8.5%Steady2.svg
10 Mykonos 1,395,787Increase2.svg15.6%Steady2.svg
11 Cephalonia 761,647Increase2.svg21%Steady2.svg
12 Aktion / Preveza 583,666Increase2.svg2.6%Steady2.svg
13 Mytilene 465,057Increase2.svg6.6%Steady2.svg
14 Samos 462,749Increase2.svg12.8%Increase2.svg1
15 Skiathos 437,916Increase2.svg3.3%Decrease2.svg1
16 Kavala 406,949Increase2.svg20.4%Steady2.svg
17 Kalamata 278,961Increase2.svg0.9%Steady2.svg
18 Karpathos 253,987Increase2.svg10.4%Steady2.svg
19 Chios 231,340Increase2.svg5.7%Steady2.svg
20 Alexandroupolis 210,383Increase2.svg24.6%Steady2.svg
21 Paros 204,924Increase2.svg25.3%Steady2.svg
22 Araxos/Patras 180,129Increase2.svg17.9%Steady2.svg
23 Ioannina 109,830Increase2.svg14.9%Steady2.svg
24 Lemnos 94,227Increase2.svg8.7%Steady2.svg
25 Naxos 86,210Increase2.svg52.2%Steady2.svg
26 Milos 77,501Increase2.svg66.4%Steady2.svg
27 Sitia 61,877Increase2.svg93.3%Increase2.svg2
28 Ikaria 44,203Increase2.svg6.4%Decrease2.svg1
29 Nea Anchialos / Volos 41,357Increase2.svg35.3%Increase2.svg1
30 Kithira 37,031Increase2.svg18.3%Decrease2.svg1
31 Leros 24,048Decrease2.svg12.8%Steady2.svg
32 Skyros 18,103Decrease2.svg15.0%Steady2.svg
33 Syros 18,047Increase2.svg3.8%Steady2.svg
34 Astypalaia 14,029Increase2.svg15.2%Steady2.svg
35 Kalymnos 10,234Decrease2.svg14.5%Steady2.svg
36 Kastellorizo 5,485Decrease2.svg0.2%Steady2.svg
37 Kozani 4,310Increase2.svg13.0%Increase2.svg1
38 Kastoria 4,279Decrease2.svg15.9%Decrease2.svg1
39 Kasos 2,840Decrease2.svg7.0%Steady2.svg
TotalIncrease2.svg63,728,596Increase2.svg10.1%

2017

Data taken from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) [4] and from the official websites of the airports [1] [2]

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 21,737,787Increase2.svg8.6%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion 7,480,408Increase2.svg9.0%Steady2.svg
3 Thessaloniki 6,395,523Increase2.svg11.5%Steady2.svg
4 Rhodes 5,301,517Increase2.svg6.6%Steady2.svg
5 Chania 3,042,903Increase2.svg2.6%Steady2.svg
6 Corfu 2,918,434Increase2.svg5.1%Steady2.svg
7 Kos 2,320,590Increase2.svg20.7%Steady2.svg
8 Santorini 1,928,295Increase2.svg13.0%Steady2.svg
9 Zakynthos 1,659,646Increase2.svg16.9%Steady2.svg
10 Mykonos 1,207,061Increase2.svg18.6%Steady2.svg
11 Cephalonia 629,671Increase2.svg15.1%Steady2.svg
12 Aktion / Preveza 569,241Increase2.svg17.9%Steady2.svg
13 Mytilene 436,105Increase2.svg3.8%Steady2.svg
14 Skiathos 425,287Increase2.svg5.2%Steady2.svg
15 Samos 410,331Increase2.svg12.9%Steady2.svg
16 Kavala 337,963Increase2.svg22.8%Steady2.svg
17 Kalamata 278,063Increase2.svg20.8%Steady2.svg
18 Karpathos 223,847Increase2.svg1.3%Steady2.svg
19 Chios 216,903Increase2.svg12.1%Steady2.svg
20 Alexandroupolis 169,806Increase2.svg5,1%Steady2.svg
21 Paros 163,368Increase2.svg119.9%Increase2.svg3
22 Araxos/Patras 153,496Increase2.svg18.3%Decrease2.svg1
23 Ioannina 96,350Decrease2.svg0.8%Decrease2.svg1
24 Lemnos 86,153Decrease2.svg2.6%Decrease2.svg1
25 Naxos 56,430Increase2.svg59.9%Increase2.svg2
26 Milos 45,209Decrease2.svg0.1%Decrease2.svg1
27 Ikaria 41,553Increase2.svg0.8%Decrease2.svg1
28 Kithira 31,905Increase2.svg0.1%Steady2.svg
29 Sitia 31,856Increase2.svg52.4%Increase2.svg3
30 Nea Anchialos / Volos 30,565Increase2.svg38.0%Increase2.svg1
31 Leros 27,583Increase2.svg8.0%Decrease2.svg1
32 Syros 21,252Increase2.svg18.9%Increase2.svg2
33 Skyros 17,092Decrease2.svg41.9%Decrease2.svg4
34 Astypalaia 12,252Increase2.svg0.6%Increase2.svg1
35 Kalymnos 11,985Decrease2.svg35.6%Decrease2.svg2
36 Kastellorizo 5,494Decrease2.svg21.0%Steady2.svg
37 Kastoria 5,091Decrease2.svg19.4%Steady2.svg
38 Kozani 3,815Decrease2.svg11.0%Steady2.svg
39 Kasos 3,066Decrease2.svg21.1%Steady2.svg
Total58,533,896Increase2.svg9.0%

2016

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens 20,017,530Increase2.svg10,7%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion 6,865,681Increase2.svg13,3%Steady2.svg
3 Thessaloniki 5,687,325Increase2.svg13,2%Steady2.svg
4 Rhodes 5,007,159Increase2.svg9,3%Steady2.svg
5 Chania 2,953,278Increase2.svg10,0%Steady2.svg
6 Corfu 2,788,923Increase2.svg14,4%Steady2.svg
7 Kos 1,930,235Decrease2.svg10,0%Steady2.svg
8 Santorini 1,687,841Increase2.svg12,8%Steady2.svg
9 Zakynthos 1,423,044Increase2.svg12,2%Steady2.svg
10 Mykonos 999,026Increase2.svg14,1%Steady2.svg
11 Cephalonia 542,359Increase2.svg10,1%Steady2.svg
12 Aktion / Preveza 476,333Increase2.svg22,7%Increase2.svg2
13 Mytilene 408,572Decrease2.svg15,1%Decrease2.svg1
14 Skiathos 397,646Increase2.svg12,6%Increase2.svg1
15 Samos 349,539Decrease2.svg13,3%Decrease2.svg2
16 Kavala 260,740Increase2.svg7,0%Steady2.svg
17 Kalamata 230,100Increase2.svg22,3%Increase2.svg2
18 Karpathos 220,930Decrease2.svg0,8%Decrease2.svg1
19 Chios 193,427Decrease2.svg0,9%Decrease2.svg1
20 Alexandroupolis 161,636Decrease2.svg4,1%Steady2.svg
21 Araxos/Patras 129,738Decrease2.svg12,1%Steady2.svg
22 Ioannina 97,745Increase2.svg13,0%Increase2.svg1
23 Lemnos 88,416Decrease2.svg11,4%Decrease2.svg1
24 Paros 74,344Increase2.svg72,2%Increase2.svg2
25 Milos 45,268Decrease2.svg10,1%Decrease2.svg1
26 Ikaria 41,238Decrease2.svg3,9%Increase2.svg1
27 Naxos 35,300Decrease2.svg19,7%Decrease2.svg2
28 Kithira 31,880Decrease2.svg15,8%Steady2.svg
29 Skyros 29,397Increase2.svg36,1%Increase2.svg4
30 Leros 25,551Decrease2.svg11,6%Decrease2.svg1
31 Nea Anchialos / Volos 22,145Decrease2.svg10,3%Steady2.svg
32 Sitia 20,904Decrease2.svg22,6%Decrease2.svg2
33 Kalymnos 18,621Decrease2.svg24,2%Decrease2.svg1
34 Syros 17,878Increase2.svg21,8%Steady2.svg
35 Astypalaia 12,020Decrease2.svg14,7%Steady2.svg
36 Kastellorizo 6,958Decrease2.svg13,2%Steady2.svg
37 Kastoria 6,317Increase2.svg27,1%Steady2.svg
38 Kozani 4,287Increase2.svg32,2%Increase2.svg1
39 Kasos 3,888Decrease2.svg12,7%Decrease2.svg1
Total53,703,933Increase2.svg1,09%

2015

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens [5] 18,086,894Increase2.svg19.0%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion [6] 6,057,355Increase2.svg0.5%Steady2.svg
3 Thessaloniki [7] 5,341,293Increase2.svg7.9%Steady2.svg
4 Rhodes [8] 4,579,023Increase2.svg0.6%Steady2.svg
5 Chania 2,702,283Increase2.svg10.4%Steady2.svg
6 Corfu 2,438,016Increase2.svg2.3%Steady2.svg
7 Kos 2,143,860Decrease2.svg3.2%Steady2.svg
8 Santorini 1,495,890Increase2.svg26.8%Increase2.svg1
9 Zakynthos 1,268,497Increase2.svg6.8%Decrease2.svg1
10 Mykonos 876,057Increase2.svg12.5%Steady2.svg
11 Cephalonia 492,502Increase2.svg2.7%Steady2.svg
12 Mytilene 481,422Increase2.svg4.6%Steady2.svg
13 Samos 403,150Increase2.svg1.7%Steady2.svg
14 Aktion / Preveza 388,295Increase2.svg8.4%Steady2.svg
15 Skiathos 353,083Increase2.svg11.9%Steady2.svg
16 Kavala 243,745Increase2.svg9.3%Increase2.svg1
17 Karpathos 222,805Increase2.svg9.5%Increase2.svg1
18 Chios 195,183Increase2.svg5.5%Increase2.svg1
19 Kalamata 188,209Decrease2.svg20.4%Decrease2.svg3
20 Alexandroupolis 168,631Increase2.svg6.2%Steady2.svg
21 Araxos/Patras 147,560Increase2.svg0.8%Steady2.svg
22 Lemnos 99,491Increase2.svg7.0%Steady2.svg
23 Ioannina 86,523Increase2.svg9.0%Steady2.svg
24 Milos 50,589Increase2.svg28.9%Increase2.svg3
25 Paros 43,182Increase2.svg8.3%Steady2.svg

2014

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens [9] 15,134,529Increase2.svg21.5%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion [10] 6,024,958Increase2.svg4.3%Steady2.svg
3 Thessaloniki [11] 4,950,726Increase2.svg22.6%Increase2.svg1
4 Rhodes [12] 4,552,056Increase2.svg8.4%Decrease2.svg1
5 Chania 2,458,130Increase2.svg18.2%Increase2.svg1
6 Corfu 2,383.353Increase2.svg13.1%Decrease2.svg1
7 Kos 2,213,356Increase2.svg9.1%Steady2.svg
8 Zakynthos 1,188,112Increase2.svg18.2%Steady2.svg
9 Santorini 1,179,653Increase2.svg31.3Steady2.svg
10 Mykonos 778,619Increase2.svg33.2%Steady2.svg
11 Cephalonia 479,422Increase2.svg11.4%Steady2.svg
12 Mytilene 459,923Increase2.svg14.7%Steady2.svg
13 Samos 396,306Increase2.svg15.3%Steady2.svg
14 Aktion / Preveza 358,238Increase2.svg13.2%Steady2.svg
15 Skiathos 315,397Increase2.svg18.6%Steady2.svg
16 Kalamata 236,202Increase2.svg72.4%Increase2.svg4
17 Kavala 223,057Increase2.svg6.5%Decrease2.svg1
18 Karpathos 204.621Increase2.svg21.6Increase2.svg1
19 Chios 185,082Increase2.svg6.6%Decrease2.svg2
20 Alexandroupolis 158,737Decrease2.svg5.9%Decrease2.svg2
21 Araxos 146,403Increase2.svg4.8%Decrease2.svg1
22 Lemnos 92,964Increase2.svg14.4%Steady2.svg
23 Ioannina 79,395Increase2.svg23.1%Increase2.svg1
24 Nea Anchialos / Volos 65,485Decrease2.svg6.5%Decrease2.svg1
25 Paros 40,171Increase2.svg10,2%Steady2.svg
26 Ikaria 39,679Increase2.svg9.7%Steady2.svg
27 Milos 39,239Increase2.svg27.5%Increase2.svg2
28 Sitia 34,870Decrease2.svg3%Decrease2.svg1
29 Kithira 33,183Increase2.svg0.0Decrease2.svg1
30 Naxos 31,685Increase2.svg35.1%Increase2.svg2
31 Leros 29,250Increase2.svg13.9%Decrease2.svg1
32 Kalymnos 24,511Increase2.svg18.5%Decrease2.svg1
33 Syros 15,399Increase2.svg12.2%Increase2.svg1
34 Astypalaia 13,772Increase2.svg15.3%Increase2.svg1
35 Skyros 12,831Decrease2.svg37%Decrease2.svg2
36 Kastellorizo 8,196Increase2.svg3.1%Steady2.svg
37 Kastoria 4,098Decrease2.svg19.8%Steady2.svg
38 Kasos 3,478Increase2.svg6.5%Increase2.svg1
39 Kozani 2,707Decrease2.svg22.7%Decrease2.svg1

2013

RankAirportTotal
passengers
Annual
change
Rank
change
1 Athens [9] 12,459,801Decrease2.svg3.1%Steady2.svg
2 Heraklion [10] 5,778,764Increase2.svg14.4%Steady2.svg
3 Rhodes [12] 4,200,059Increase2.svg10.1%Increase2.svg1
4 Thessaloniki [11] 4,039,576Increase2.svg0.8%Decrease2.svg1
5 Corfu 2,106,827Increase2.svg10.0%Steady2.svg
6 Chania 2,078,857Increase2.svg13.4%Steady2.svg
7 Kos 2,028,618Increase2.svg12.8%Steady2.svg
8 Zakynthos 1,004,486Increase2.svg15.3%Steady2.svg
9 Santorini 898,153Increase2.svg3.1%Steady2.svg
10 Mykonos 584,559Increase2.svg16.4%Steady2.svg
11 Cephalonia 430,362Increase2.svg13.7%Increase2.svg1
12 Mytilene 400,911Decrease2.svg3%Decrease2.svg1
13 Samos 343,717Decrease2.svg5.7%Steady2.svg
14 Aktion / Preveza 316,435Increase2.svg9.5%Steady2.svg
15 Skiathos 265,773Increase2.svg4.1%Decrease2.svg1
16 Kavala 209,400Increase2.svg3%Steady2.svg
17 Chios 173,540Decrease2.svg7.2%Steady2.svg
18 Alexandroupolis 168,771Decrease2.svg20.5%Decrease2.svg2
19 Karpathos 168,190Decrease2.svg0.6%Steady2.svg
20 Araxos 139,689Increase2.svg5.4%Steady2.svg
21 Kalamata 136,992Increase2.svg36%Steady2.svg
22 Lemnos 81,201Decrease2.svg3.1%Steady2.svg
23 Nea Anchialos / Volos 70,079Decrease2.svg9.7%Steady2.svg
24 Ioannina 64,489Decrease2.svg9.4%Steady2.svg
25 Paros 36,429Increase2.svg3.2%Increase2.svg 1
26 Ikaria 36,162Decrease2.svg5.5%Decrease2.svg1
27 Sitia 35,962Decrease2.svg3%Decrease2.svg1
28 Kithira 33,183Increase2.svg19.6%Steady2.svg
29 Milos 30,744Increase2.svg5%Decrease2.svg1
30 Leros 25,680Decrease2.svg11.8%Decrease2.svg1
31 Kalymnos 20,677Increase2.svg4%Increase2.svg1
32 Naxos 23,442Decrease2.svg2.3%Decrease2.svg1
33 Skyros 20,368Increase2.svg77.1%Steady2.svg
34 Syros 13,715Increase2.svg19.2%Increase2.svg1
35 Astypalaia 11,940Decrease2.svg4.9%Decrease2.svg1
36 Kastellorizo 7,946Decrease2.svg0.04%Decrease2.svg1
37 Kastoria 5,115Increase2.svg10.7%Decrease2.svg1
38 Kozani 3,504Increase2.svg9.2%Increase2.svg1
39 Kasos 3,265Decrease2.svg15.1%Decrease2.svg1

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Thessaloniki Airport, officially Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia" and formerly Mikra Airport, is an international airport serving Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece. It is located 13 km (8 mi) southeast of the city, in Thermi.

Greek vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate printed in black on a white background. The letters represent the district (prefecture) that issues the plates while the numbers range from 1000 to 9999. As of 2004 a blue strip was added on the left showing the country code of Greece (GR) in white text and the Flag of Europe in yellow. Similar plates but of square size with numbers ranging from 1 to 999 are issued for motorcycles which exceed 50 cc in engine size.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhodes International Airport</span> Airport in Paradeisi

Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras", or Diagoras International Airport, is located on the West side of the island of Rhodes in Greece. The facility is located just north of the village Paradeisi, about 14 km southwest of the capital city, Rodos. Rhodes International Airport was the fourth busiest airport in Greece as of 2019, with 5,542,567 passengers utilizing the airport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kalamata International Airport</span> Airport in Kalamata, Greece

Kalamata International Airport"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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heraklion International Airport</span> Primary airport serving Crete, Greece

Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport. It is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the main city centre of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. It is a shared civil/military facility. The airport is named after Heraklion native Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek writer and philosopher. Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is Crete's main and busiest airport, serving Heraklion (Ηράκλειο), Aghios Nikolaos, Malia (Mάλλια), Hersonissos (Χερσόνησος), Stalida (Σταλίδα), Elounda (Ελούντα) and other resorts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chania International Airport</span> Airport

Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the Akrotiri peninsula of the Greek island of Crete, serving the city of Chania, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away. It is a gateway to western Crete for an increasing number of tourists. The airport is named after Daskalogiannis, a Cretan rebel against Ottoman rule in the 18th century and is a joint civil–military airport. It is the sixth busiest airport in Greece.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexandroupoli Airport</span> Airport in Apalos, Greece

Alexandroupoli Airport "Dimokritos" or "Democritus" is an airport 7 km east of Alexandroupolis in northeastern Greece on main national road E90. It is located near the village of Apalos, which belongs to the municipality of Alexandroupoli. The airport was built in 1944. In 1955, it became an international airport; the current buildings and runway were constructed in 1975.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chios Island National Airport</span> Airport in Chios, Greece

Chios Island National Airport is an airport on the island of Chios in Greece. It is also known as Chios National Airport, "Omiros" or Chios Airport located at the region of Kampos, south of the city of Chios. Aircraft up to the size of Airbus A320 are able to land at the airport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mykonos Airport</span> Airport in Mykonos Island, Greece

Mykonos-Manto Mavrogenous Airport is the international airport of the Greek island of Mykonos, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the town of Mykonos. It serves flights to domestic and European metropolitan destinations due to the island being a popular leisure destination.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Old Paros National Airport</span> Airport in Alyki

Paros National Airport was an airport in Paros, Greece, in the Cyclades islands region.. The airport was located in the southwestern part of the island, about 10 kilometers from the port of Parikia. it was replaced by the New Paros Airport on 25 July 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samos International Airport</span> Airport in Samos Island, Greece

Samos International Airport is an airport on Samos Island, Greece.

Syros Island National Airport is an airport serving Syros Island in Greece. It is also known as Syros National Airport "Demetrius Vikelas", named for Demetrius Vikelas (1835–1908), a Greek businessman and writer born in Ermoupoli on the island of Syros. The airport was opened in 1991. Syros is part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea, located 78 nautical miles (144 km) southeast of Athens.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Santorini (Thira) International Airport</span> International airport in Greece

Santorini (Thira) International Airport is an airport in Santorini/Thira, Greece located north of the village of Kamari. The airport serves as both a military and a civil airport. With its redesigned apron, as of 2021 the airport is able to serve up to nine civilian airliners at the same time. Santorini is one of the few Cyclades Islands with a major airport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sky Express (Greece)</span> Greek airline

SKY Express, legal name Cretan Aviation Operations Aviation and Commercial Societe Anonyme, is a Greek airline headquartered in Heraklion International Airport. It was established in 2005 and operates a number of flights, serving 35 domestic and eight international destinations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patras Araxos Airport</span> Airport in Araxos

Araxos Airport is the airport of Patras, the third-largest city in Greece. It serves as a combined civilian and military airport and is located near its namesake, the 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. The airport facilities were very limited until 2007, when the construction of a new 1,477 m2 arrivals building was completed. Today the airport terminal covers a total area of 2,300 m2.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Astra Airlines</span> Defunct Greek airline (2008-2019)

Astra Airlines was a Greek regional airline headquartered in Thessaloniki and based at Thessaloniki International Airport.

Athens Airways was a Greek regional airline, headquartered in Koropi, Athens. The airline used to connect Alexandroupoli, Athens and Thessaloniki with some Greek islands, as well offering chartered flights. The airline was founded in 2008 and launched scheduled flights on 31 January 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority</span>

The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority, abbreviated HCAA, is a department of the Greek government under the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. It is involved in air traffic control, aeronautical communications, airport operations, aircraft registration and inspection, licensing of civil air operators, and personnel certification.

Bluebird Airways is an airline with its headquarters’ located in Heraklion International Airport in Heraklion, Greece.

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