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Airport type
  
Public / Military

Operator
  
HCAA

Focus city for
  
Aegean Airlines

Address
  
Greece, Kalamata, Greece

Elevation
  
8 m

Yearly aircraft movements
  
2,520

Owner
  
Greek state

Location
  
Kalamata

Elevation AMSL
  
26 ft / 8 m

Code
  
KLX

Phone
  
+30 2721 063805

Passenger count
  
188,209

Kalamata International Airport

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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. On March 2013, Aegean Airlines opened a base in the airport.

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Kalamata international airport


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. Hellenic Air Force uses the same runway as the commercial airplanes.

History

  • 1959 – Kalamata International Airport opens
  • 1986 – Charter flights begin to operate out of the airport
  • 1991 – New aircraft terminal was built
  • 1991 – Operated by Hellenic Civil Aviation
  • 2012 – Renamed "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos" after Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos
  • Airlines and destinations

    In the summer months, charter and scheduled flights fly direct to Kalamata International Airport from some European cities. A scheduled service by Aegean Air once a day linking Kalamata and Athens International Airport commenced in 2010.

    Accidents and incidents

  • On 16 October 1971 an Olympic Airways NAMC YS-11 was hijacked. It had departed from Kalamata International Airport to Hellinikon International Airport. All 64 passengers survived. One hijacker demanded to be taken to Lebanon. Plane stormed and hijacker arrested. The hijacking lasted less than a day.
  • On November 2001, fourteen plane spotters (12 British and 2 Dutch) were arrested by the police after being observed taking photos of the air base.
  • Ground Transport

    The airport has been criticised for the lack of public transport. The only way to reach the airport is by car and taxi and bus. A stop on the adjacent train line to Messini and Kalamata is not operational.

    Trivia

  • The airport is featured in the opening scene of the 2013 film Before Midnight.
  • References

    Kalamata International Airport Wikipedia