Kalamata International Airport

Kalamata International Airport Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας
IATA: KLX - ICAO: LGKL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Serves		Kalamata
Elevation AMSL		26 ft (8 m)
Coordinates		37°04′06.18″N, 22°01′32.29″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17R/35L	8,868	2,703	Asphalt

Kalamata International Airport (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας) (IATA: KLX, ICAO: LGKL) is an airport in the city of Kalamata, Greece. It mainly receives charter flights during the summer months. There are no scheduled flights from elsewhere in Greece.

The airport is located between Kalamata and Messene on GR-82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparta) and west of the train tracks on the Pamisos plain. The runway is about 2 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).

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

Links

• Greek Airports: Kalamata International Airport
  
• Greek Airport Guide: Kalamata Airport
  
• World Aero Data airport information for LGKL
  
• Street map from Multimap
  
• Satellite image from TerraServer
  
  
  

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