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Patras Araxos Airport

Araxos Airport is the airport of Patras, the third-largest city in Greece. It serves as a combined civilian and military airport and is located near its namesake, the village of Araxos, Achaea. It is also known as Agamemnon Airport and primarily is used as an active air base for the Hellenic Air Force, with some civilian services to European destinations during the summer months. The airport facilities were very limited until 2007, when the construction of a new 1,477 m2 arrivals building was completed. Today the airport terminal covers a total area of 2,300 m2.

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Araxos Airport
Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Αράξου
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
OwnerGreek Armed Forces
OperatorHellenic Air Force and HCAA
ServesPatras and Pyrgos, Greece
LocationAraxos
Elevation AMSL46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates38°09′04″N 021°25′32″E / 38.15111°N 21.42556°E / 38.15111; 21.42556
Websitewww.hcaa.gr
Map
LGRX
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18R/36L 3,352 10,997 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers182,129
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 20.8%
Aircraft movements1,365
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 8.5%
Sources:HCAA,1 DAFIF234

Araxos Airport56 (Greek: Αεροδρόμιο Αράξου) (IATA: GPA, ICAO: LGRX) is the airport of Patras, the third-largest city in Greece. It serves as a combined civilian and military airport and is located near its namesake, the village of Araxos, Achaea. It is also known as Agamemnon Airport and primarily is used as an active air base for the Hellenic Air Force, with some civilian services to European destinations during the summer months. The airport facilities were very limited until 2007, when the construction of a new 1,477 m2 arrivals building was completed.7 Today the airport terminal covers a total area of 2,300 m2.

116th Combat Wing

Araxos was established as a military airport in 1936, but construction of the runway was not completed until 1941, when it also became the site of the first radar installation in Greece.8

The airport has served as the home base of the Hellenic Air Force's 116th Combat Wing (116 Πτέρυγα Μάχης) since May 1969, and of its precursor the 116th Combat Group (116 Σμηναρχία Μάχης) since April 1962. It currently comprises the 336th Bomber Squadron and 335th Squadron.8 The main aircraft used by both squadrons is F-16 Block 52+ Advanced.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Patras Araxos Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
airBaltic Seasonal charter: Riga9
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna10
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich (begins 26 June 2026)11
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin
GetJet Airlines Seasonal charter: Vilnius
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg12
Neos Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa13
Sky Express Seasonal charter: Timișoara14
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Katowice15 Prague, Warsaw–Chopin16
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly17
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels18
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Düsseldorf,19 Frankfurt,20 Hanover,21 Munich,22 Stuttgart23
Volotea Seasonal: Lille,24 Nantes25

Statistics

PassengersYear030,00060,00090,000120,000150,000180,000210,000201220142016201820202022PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

Ground transport

Araxos airport is located 45 km west of the city of Patras and 65 km north of Pyrgos. There are bus services from Patras to Araxos.26 There is no train connection.

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "ARAXOS AIRPORT". ypa.gr. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. "Airport information for LGRX". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006.
  3. "Airport information for GPA" – via Great Circle Mapper.
  4. "Araxos Airport". Retrieved 2015-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. [1] Araxos Airport website
  6. Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority, presentation of the airport
  7. "Παραδόθηκε το κτίριο αναχωρήσεων του αεροδρομίου της Αράξου στην ΥΠΑ". 9 August 2007.
  8. "116 Combat Wing". Hellenic Air Force. Hellenic Air Force. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  9. "AirBaltic and Tez Tour Latvija announce charter flights to Antalya, Burgas and Araxos". Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  10. "Αεροδρόμιο Αράξου: Για πρώτη φορά σύνδεση με Ισραήλ! Αναμένεται η πρώτη πτήση". 7 May 2023.
  11. "Chair fliegt Sommer 2026 mehrere neue Ziele an". 27 August 2025.
  12. "Luxair adds nine new destinations".
  13. "Milan, Italy". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 683–691. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  14. "SKY EXPRESS NS23 ROMANIA CHARTER NETWORK EXPANSION".
  15. "SMARTWINGS POLAND NS24 CHARTER NETWORK ADDITIONS". 8 January 2024.
  16. Liu, Jim (26 April 2022). "Smartwings Poland Schedules New Routes in Summer 2022". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  17. "Transavia France NS26 Network Additions – 21SEP25".
  18. "Brussels, Belgium". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 165–172. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  19. "Duesseldorf, Germany". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 333–339. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  20. "Frankfurt, Germany". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 367–378. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  21. "Hannover, Germany". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 428–429. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  22. "Munich, Germany". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 716–722. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  23. "Stuttgart, Germany". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 1034–1036. August 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  24. "Volotea expands in Lille with new Greek route for 2025". 13 November 2024.
  25. "Volotea NS25 Network Additions – 22DEC24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  26. KTEL Achaias Bus services to Araxos airport (in Greek)
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