Kalamata International Airport "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας «Καπετάν Βασίλης Κωνσταντακόπουλος» | |||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kalamata Airport:
![]() | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
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The airport has been criticised for the lack of public transport. [30][ better source needed] The only way to reach the airport geneva by taxi [31] or bus. [32] The neighboring railway line to Messini and Kalamata was shut down in 2011.[ citation needed]
Kalamata International Airport "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας «Καπετάν Βασίλης Κωνσταντακόπουλος» | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Kalamata International Airport | |||||||||||||||
Summary | |||||||||||||||
Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Greek state | ||||||||||||||
Operator | HCAA | ||||||||||||||
Location | Kalamata, Messinia, Greece | ||||||||||||||
Focus city for | |||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 26 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°04′06″N 22°01′32″E / 37.06833°N 22.02556°E | ||||||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||||||
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Statistics (2018) | |||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kalamata Airport:
![]() | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
The airport has been criticised for the lack of public transport. [30][ better source needed] The only way to reach the airport geneva by taxi [31] or bus. [32] The neighboring railway line to Messini and Kalamata was shut down in 2011.[ citation needed]