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Kalamata International Airport

Kalamata International Airport
"Captain Vasilis Konstantakopoulos"

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας
«Καπετάν Βασίλης Κωνσταντακόπουλος»
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Owner Greek state
Operator HCAA
Location Kalamata
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates 37°04′06.18″N 22°01′32.29″E / 37.0683833°N 22.0256361°E / 37.0683833; 22.0256361Coordinates: 37°04′06.18″N 22°01′32.29″E / 37.0683833°N 22.0256361°E / 37.0683833; 22.0256361
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KLX is located in Greece
KLX
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17R/35L 8,868 2,703 Asphalt
17L/35R 9,436 2,876 (now taxiway)
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 188,209
Passenger traffic change Decrease 20.4%
Aircraft movements 2,520
Aircraft movements change Decrease 12.5%
Runway Statistics
Passengers 188,209
Passenger traffic change Decrease 20.4%
Aircraft movements 2,520
Aircraft movements change Decrease 12.5%

Kalamata International Airport (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας) (IATA: KLXICAO: 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.

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.

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



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