Sedes Air Base

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Sedes Airport

Αεροδρόμιο Σέδες
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
Owner Hellenic Air Force
Serves Flag of Thessaloniki, Greece.svg Thessaloniki
Location Flag of Greek Macedonia.svg Macedonia, Greece
Elevation  AMSL 81 ft / 27 m
Coordinates 40°32′01.83″N23°01′26.83″E / 40.5338417°N 23.0241194°E / 40.5338417; 23.0241194
Website (Website)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
13/314,1261,257 PSP metal mesh

Sedes Airport is a military airport 15 km east of Thessaloniki, Greece, and 3 km northeast of Thessaloniki's Macedonia International Airport. Sedes airport started operating during the Balkan Wars [1] and has since been exclusively used by the Hellenic Air Force. Nowadays it also houses an aviation museum, displaying a variety of old aircraft types.

Sedes is home to the Air Force's 350th Guided Missile Wing and hosts

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References

  1. Η Ιστορία του Αεροδρομίου Σέδες και της 113 ΠΜ. Archived from the original on 2007-04-26. Retrieved 2008-09-14.