Tanagra
Air Base
A Hellenic Air Force fighter base about 40 miles north of Athens, home of the 114th Combat Wing, with the Hellenic Aerospace Industry plant beside it. A 9,810 foot runway and no civil terminal: a Tanagra request is answered with Athens International, and this guide says why. For crews and charter clients who see the code on a chart.
Reviewed by Kevin Singh, Founder · Fact-checked against Icarus Jet fleet and airport operations data · Last updated 15 September 2026
The Airport
Tanagra at a glance
Tanagra Air Base carries the ICAO code LGTG and no IATA code. A single runway of 9,810 feet at 485 feet elevation in Boeotia, about 40 miles north of Athens by road, owned and operated by the Hellenic Air Force.
It has no civil passenger terminal, no customs and no handling for visiting business aircraft. The field exists on this site because it turns up in searches and on charts, and the answer for a private flight is Athens International, an hour south.
Facts checked against the Hellenic Air Force and Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority publications, plus Icarus Jet operations data.
The Role
A fighter base, not an airport
Tanagra is the home of the Hellenic Air Force’s 114th Combat Wing, and the Hellenic Aerospace Industry plant beside the runway is where much of Greece’s military and civil aircraft maintenance is done. Aircraft do go there for work, ferried in under arrangements made with the plant, which is why the code appears on charts and in operator logs, and why a search for the airport finds this page.
For a passenger flight it is not an option. There is no civil terminal, no customs, no handling and no slot to request. A late-1990s proposal for a civil terminal at Tanagra was dropped when Athens International at Spata was chosen instead, and Spata is the answer today.
Operating
What the desk does with a Tanagra request
The desk answers with Athens International, 13,123 and 12,467 foot runways, Category 9 fire cover, Level 3 slots and mandatory handling, about an hour south of Tanagra by road on the national road through Schimatari. For the Boeotia and Evia side specifically, Athens is still the field: Tatoi north of the capital admits based aeroclubs only and Elefsis is closed to civil aviation, so there is no closer civil runway for a jet.
If the trip is an aircraft going to the Hellenic Aerospace Industry for maintenance, that is a ferry flight arranged with the plant and the air force, and the desk files it as one, with the crew positioning from Athens.
History
From the Second World War to the 114th
The airfield was a support base in the Second World War and became a significant Hellenic Air Force station in the 1950s, taking the 114th Combat Wing and the fighter squadrons that fly from it today. The aerospace plant followed alongside, and the base has stayed military throughout.
The one civil moment in its history was the terminal that was not built: the proposal was set aside in the late 1990s in favour of the new airport at Spata, which opened in 2001 and took the traffic Tanagra might have had.
Nearby
Tanagra and the fields around it
A Tanagra request is an Athens operation. The civil fields around the capital, and the military and aeroclub fields that share its airspace.
Athens International is the field for any Tanagra address. Megara takes light aircraft and helicopters west of the capital, Skiathos is the nearest island jet field to the north east. Elefsis, Tatoi and Tripoli are, like Tanagra, military or aeroclub fields with little or no civil access.
Airport guides & index
Questions
Tanagra, answered
Can a private jet land at Tanagra?
No. Tanagra is a Hellenic Air Force fighter base with no civil terminal, no customs and no handling for visiting business aircraft. The desk answers a Tanagra request with Athens International, about an hour south by road.
Why does Tanagra appear in airport searches?
Because it has a long runway, an ICAO code and an aerospace plant beside it where civil and military aircraft go for maintenance, so the code turns up on charts and in operator logs. None of that makes it a passenger airport.
Which airport should I use for Boeotia or Evia?
Athens International. Tatoi north of the capital admits based aeroclubs only and Elefsis is closed to civil aviation, so there is no closer civil runway for a jet. The road north from Athens through Schimatari is about an hour.
How long is the runway at Tanagra?
Runway 10/28 is about 2,990 metres, 9,810 feet, at 485 feet elevation. It is a military runway and the figure is given for reference only; it is not available to civil traffic.
Does the Hellenic Aerospace Industry take civil aircraft?
Yes, for maintenance, under arrangements made with the plant and the air force, as a ferry flight rather than a passenger movement. The desk can file that movement if a client aircraft is going in for work, with the crew positioned from Athens.
Was a civil terminal ever planned at Tanagra?
Yes, in the late 1990s, and the idea was dropped when the new Athens International at Spata was chosen instead. Spata opened in 2001 and took the traffic.
Is there fuel at Tanagra for civil aircraft?
No. Fuel on the base is for the air force and the plant. A civil aircraft plans its uplift at Athens.
What time zone is Greece in?
Eastern European Time, EET in winter and EEST in summer, UTC+2 and UTC+3. The desk files the Athens slot and handling in UTC and confirms the local times back to you.
Flying into Tanagra Air Base on your own aircraft? Our trip support desk files the permission, handling and fuel before you ask. Chartering instead? See the Athens charter routes we fly.
Get Your Number
Request a Greece charter
Tell us the dates and the destination. We file the Athens slot and the mandatory handling, plan the road transfer north, and if the trip is a ferry to the aerospace plant we file that movement with the plant and the air force.
Prefer to talk? Call +1 888 277 7203 or email charter@icarusjet.com. The desk is staffed 24/7, or send the trip online.