Airport Guides · Greece

Greece
Airport Guides

Greek island airports are slot coordinated and short of parking, so in high summer most of them are drop and go: Santorini allows 45 minutes on the ground, Mykonos two hours and no overnight. Which field you use, and where the aircraft repositions to, is the plan.

The Airports

Greek airports we operate into

One guide per airport, covering codes, runway and handling, and the slot, curfew and parking rules that decide whether an aircraft can actually use the field.

ATH · LGAVAthens International AirportThe country’s main hub and the reposition base for the islands. Two parallel runways and slot coordinated. From June to the end of August it works as a drop-off airport, because overnight parking is scarce.View guide → JMK · LGMKMykonos AirportFour miles from Mykonos town and one of the busiest island airports in Greece. Slot coordinated, and in summer overnight parking for general aviation is prohibited with a two hour ground stop. Athens is the nearest overnight alternative.View guide → JTR · LGSRSantorini International AirportA single runway taking aircraft up to Boeing 757 size, with strict slot requirements on arrival and departure. In summer it is drop and reposition only, with a maximum of 45 minutes on the ground.View guide → PAS · LGPAParos National AirportNo customs or immigration, no jet fuel and no overnight parking. Open sunrise to sunset and VFR only, as it has no let-down approach. It carries no slot requirement, which is the one thing in its favour.View guide → JSI · LGSKSkiathos International AirportA short runway of about 5,300 feet with a famously public approach, taking aircraft up to Boeing 757. Traffic is heavily seasonal and concentrated in the summer months.View guide → ZTH · LGZAZakynthos International AirportServes the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian, close to the town of Kalamaki. A night curfew runs from 22:00 to 05:00 local time, and one terminal is shared with scheduled traffic.View guide → KLX · LGKLKalamata International AirportServes the city of Kalamata in the Peloponnese with an 8,686 foot runway. One terminal building shared with the airlines, and no jet bridges.View guide → JSY · LGSOSyros Island National AirportOpen to civilian traffic since 1991, with a single terminal and scheduled services to Athens. Hermoupolis is two kilometres away. Skyserv provides handling.View guide → SKU · LGSYSkyros Island National AirportThe gateway to Skyros, about 17km north west of the town. A single passenger terminal, with Goldair and Pandair Handling on the field.View guide → LGMGMegara AirportA domestic airstrip 60km west of Athens taking both military and civil private jets, with Global Aviation and Air BP on the field. Roughly an hour by road into Athens.View guide → LGELElefsis Air BaseA military airfield in West Attica, 18km from the capital, which also handles civil movements. Universal Aviation and Swissport Executive Aviation are the handlers.View guide → LGTTTatoi AirportA historic military field 15km north of Athens, operating since 1918 and now home to the Hellenic Air Force Museum. A 5,789 foot asphalt runway at 785 feet elevation.View guide →

Operating Detail

Greek airport briefings

The seasonal notes behind the airport choice, written by the desk that files the slots.

Chartering

Flying privately to Greece

These guides cover the airports. If you are pricing a trip, the Athens and the Greek Islands charter page covers seasonality and the aircraft that suit the sectors. For island transfers where the jet cannot wait, see Mykonos and Santorini helicopter charter.

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