Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras"

Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ρόδου, "Διαγόρας") or Diagoras International Airport (IATA: RHO, ICAO: LGRP) is located on the island of Rhodes in Greece. The airport is located 14 km south west of the capital city of the Rhodes, near the village of Paradisi.

It is the third busiest airport of Greece in total passenger volume. The airport entered operation in 1977, the year when its construction finished and replaced the old and insufficient airport situated in the Maritsa area. The airport covers a total area of 31,000 m². and with the undergoing expansion its going to be doubled. The new terminal is supposed to be operative by the end of 2005 and will improve the services offered to charter airlines. The airport operates all day all year and many services are available: car hire, banks, duty-free, cafes and parking outside the terminal.

Airlines and destinations

• Aegean Airlines (Athens, Thessaloniki, Rome-Fiumicino)
  
• Air Berlin (Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Dresden, Erfurt, Nuremberg, Rostock/Laage, Zürich)
  
• Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
  
• British Airways
  
• operated by GB Airways (London-Gatwick)
  
• Centralwings (Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw)
  
• Condor Airlines (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart)
  
• Cyprus Airways (Heraklion, Larnaca)
  
• Germanwings (Cologne/Bonn)
  
• Hamburg International (Saarbrücken)
  
• Luxair (Luxembourg)
  
• Niki (Graz, Salzburg, Vienna)
  
• Olympic Airlines (Athens, Thessaloniki, Karpathos, Kasos, Kastelorizo, Kos, Leros, Astypalaia, Samos, Chios, Mytilene, Heraklion, Santorini [seasonal], Mykonos [seasonal])
  
• TUIfly (Berlin-Tegel, Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Leipzig/Halle, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken)
  
  

Links

• Greek Airports: Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras"
  
• Greek Airport Guide: Rodos Airport, "Diagoras"
  
• World Aero Data airport information for LGRP
  
• Street map from Multimap
  
• Satellite image from TerraServer
  

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