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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 charter flights during the summer. On March 2013, Aegean Airlines opened a base in the airport.[1]
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).
It is featured in the opening scene of the 2013 film Before Midnight.
Military Base
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
Airlines Destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aegean Airlines | Summer seasonal: Düsseldorf, Kiev-Zhuliany, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, Paris-Charles de Gaulle (begins 13 June 2014), Saint Petersburg (begins 4 June 2014), Stockholm-Arlanda Summer seasonal charter: Gothenburg-Landvetter, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion |
| Astra Airlines | Thessaloniki (PSO) |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways |
Summer seasonal: Vienna |
| Blue Panorama Airlines | Summer seasonal charter: Rome-Fiumicino |
| British Airways | Summer seasonal charter: London-Heathrow[2] |
| Condor | Summer seasonal: Düsseldorf (begins 20 May 2014), Frankfurt (begins 29 May 2014), Munich (begins 20 May 2014), Stuttgart (begins 29 May 2014) |
| easyJet | Summer seasonal: Hamburg (begins 23 June 2014), London-Gatwick |
| Germania | Summer seasonal charter: London-Gatwick |
| Niki | Summer seasonal: Vienna |
| Ryanair | Summer seasonal: Milan/Bergamo-Il Caravaggio |
| SmartWings operated by Travel Service Airlines |
Summer seasonal: Prague (begins 5 June 2014)[3] |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Summer seasonal charter: Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick,[2] Manchester[2] |
| Transavia.com | Summer seasonal: Amsterdam[4] |
| Travel Service Airlines | Summer seasonal charter: Prague |
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. Duration of the hijacking was less than 1 day.
Main Article: Aircraft spotting: Legal ramifications. On November 2001, fourteen plane spotters (12 British and 2 Dutch) were arrested by the police after being observed taking photos of the Air Force Base.
References
http://el.aegeanair.com/i-etaireia/grafeio-tupou/deltia-tupou/deltio-tupou/?prid=404
"Messini travel information". Retrieved 8 March 2014.
"Flight Search". Retrieved 22 March 2014.
http://www.transavia.com/hv/en-EU/home
External links
Greek Airports: Kalamata International Airport(broken)
Greek Airport Guide: Kalamata Airport
LGKL Statistics: [1]
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19711016-0 Hijacked Plane
Airport information for LGKL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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