International airport in Greece
Santorini International Airport (Greek :Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης ) (IATA :JTR ,ICAO :LGSR ) is an airport inSantorini , Greece, located north of the village ofKamari . The airport serves as both a military and a civil airport. With its redesigned apron, as of 2021 the airport is able to serve up to nine civilian airliners at the same time. Santorini is one of the fewCyclades Islands with a major airport.
The airport is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of the centre of the city of Thira. The main asphalt runway (15/33) is 7,208 feet (2,197 m) in length. The parallel taxiway was built and marked to runway specification but is now marked and lighted as a taxiway. The airfield can accommodate medium-sized jets like theBoeing 757 ,Boeing 737 andAirbus A320 series as well as smaller aircraft such as theAvro RJ ,Fokker 70 , andATR 72 . Scheduled airlines includeRyanair ,Olympic Air andAegean Airlines , with seasonal scheduled and charter flights from other airlines during the higher seasons in spring, summer and autumn. Transportation to and from the air terminal is via buses, taxis, hotel car-pickups and hired cars.
Kamari town and Santorini International Airport The airport as seen fromPyrgos Kallistis in May 2024 The airport first operated in 1972.[ 3]
In December 2015 the privatisation of Santorini International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalised with the signing of the agreement between theFraport AG /Copelouzos Group joint venture and the state privatisation fund.[ 4] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Santorini International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.
Airlines and destinations [ edit ] The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Santorini Airport:
Airlines Destinations Aegean Airlines [ 5] Athens [ 6] Seasonal: Istanbul ,[ 7] Rhodes ,[ 8] Thessaloniki [ 9] Aer Lingus [ 10] Seasonal: Dublin [ 11] [ 12] Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle [ 13] AirBaltic Seasonal: Riga [ 14] Austrian Airlines [ 15] Seasonal: Vienna [ 16] Bluebird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv [ 17] British Airways [ 18] Seasonal: London–Heathrow [ 19] Cyprus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca [ 20] Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt ,[ 21] Munich [ 22] EasyJet [ 23] Seasonal: Bristol ,[ 24] Geneva ,[ 24] London–Gatwick ,[ 25] Manchester ,[ 24] Milan–Malpensa ,[ 26] Naples ,[ 27] Nice [ 28] Edelweiss Air [ 29] Seasonal: Zürich [ 30] Etihad Airways Seasonal: Abu Dhabi [ 31] [ 32] Eurowings [ 33] Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn ,[ 34] Düsseldorf ,[ 35] [ 36] Hamburg ,Stuttgart [ 37] Finnair [ 38] Seasonal: Helsinki Flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International Flynas Seasonal: Riyadh [ 39] Gulf Air [ 40] Seasonal: Bahrain [ 41] Iberia Express Seasonal: Madrid Israir Airlines Seasonal: Tel Aviv [ 42] Jet2.com [ 43] Seasonal: Birmingham ,[ 44] Edinburgh ,[ 45] [ 46] London–Stansted ,[ 47] Manchester [ 48] Lufthansa [ 49] Seasonal: Munich [ 50] Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg [ 51] [ 52] Neos [ 53] Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa ,[ 54] Verona [ 55] Norwegian Air Shuttle [ 56] Seasonal: Copenhagen ,Oslo ,[ 57] Stockholm–Arlanda [ 58] Ryanair [ 59] Seasonal: Athens ,[ 24] Bari ,[ 24] Bergamo ,[ 24] Dublin ,[ 24] Gdańsk ,[ 24] Kraków ,[ 24] London–Stansted ,[ 24] Milan–Malpensa ,[ 24] Naples ,[ 24] Rome–Fiumicino ,[ 24] Vienna [ 24] Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen [ 60] Seasonal charter: Gothenburg ,[ 61] Oslo ,Stockholm–Arlanda ,[ 61] Trondheim [ 62] Sky Express [ 63] Athens [ 64] Smartwings Seasonal: Prague [ 65] [ 66] Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin [ 67] Swiss International Air Lines [ 68] Seasonal: Geneva [ 69] Transavia [ 70] Seasonal: Amsterdam ,[ 71] Brussels ,[ 72] Lyon ,[ 73] Nantes ,[ 74] Paris–Orly [ 75] TUI Airways [ 76] Seasonal: Manchester TUI fly Belgium [ 77] Seasonal: Brussels [ 78] Volotea Seasonal: Bari ,Marseille ,[ 79] Naples ,[ 80] Palermo ,[ 81] Venice [ 82] Vueling [ 83] Seasonal: Barcelona ,[ 84] Rome–Fiumicino Wizz Air [ 85] Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni ,Budapest ,Naples ,Rome–Fiumicino ,Warsaw–Chopin
The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[ 86] until 2016, and from the airport's official website from 2017 thereafter.[ 87]
Santorini Airport Passenger Traffic Year Domestic passengers Domestic % change International passengers International % change Total passengers Total % change 1994 175,152 n/a 225,896 n/a 401,048 n/a 1995 188,461 7.6 257,978 14.2 446,439 11.3 1996 188,778 0.2 246,680 4.4 435,458 2.5 1997 208,195 10.3 263,735 6.9 471,930 8.4 1998 209,505 0.6 286,809 8.8 496,314 5.2 1999 225,160 7.5 353,193 23.2 578,353 16.5 2000 302,072 34.2 373,428 5.7 675,500 16.8 2001 288,084 4.6 387,659 3.8 675,743 <0.1 2002 221,040 23.3 357,797 7.7 578,837 14.3 2003 207,695 6.0 326,232 8.8 533,927 7.8 2004 245,577 18.2 302,564 7.3 548,141 2.7 2005 269,371 9.7 341,913 13.0 611,284 11.5 2006 316,973 17.7 361,262 5.7 678,235 11.0 2007 359,950 13.6 386,724 7.1 746,674 10.1 2008 360,670 0.2 371,484 3.9 732,154 2.0 2009 356,040 1.3 343,068 7.7 699,108 4.5 2010 354,872 0.3 367,283 7.1 722,155 3.3 2011 377,473 6.4 408,074 11.1 785,547 8.8 2012 358,468 5.0 405,071 0.7 763,539 2.8 2013 403,687 12.6 494,466 22.1 898,153 17.6 2014 548,274 35.8 631,534 27.7 1,179,808 31.4 2015 771,193 40.7 724,697 14.8 1,495,890 26.8 2016 897,231 16.3 788,464 8.8 1,685,695 12.7 2017 1,022,117 13.9 908,894 12.3 1,928,295 13.1 2018 1,186,904 16.1 1,068,022 17.5 2,254,926 16.8 2019 1,228,840 3.5 1,071,568 0.3 2,300,408 2.0 2020 283,764 76.9 289,199 73.0 572,963 75.1 2021 561,780 98.0 984,804 240.5 1,546,584 169.9 2022 1,061,360 88.9 1,683,290 70.9 2,744,650 77.5 2023 1,259,564 18.7 1,516,241 9.9 2,775,805 1.1 2024 1,336,326 5.9 1,543,796 1.8 2,877,122 3.7 2025(Aug) 724.297 20.3 1.002.040 12.6 1.726.337 16.0
Traffic statistics by country (2022)[ edit ] Traffic by country at Santorini International Airport – 2022[ 88] Place Country Totalpax 1 Greece 1,061,360 2 United Kingdom 422,668 3 Italy 396,526 4 France 247,123 5 Germany 140,725 6 Poland 55,916 7 Switzerland 48,951 8 Spain 44,869 9 Austria 33,428 10 Netherlands 33,181 11 Ireland 32,591 12 Romania 29,597 13 Israel 28,016 14 United Arab Emirates 21,316 15 Norway 17,619
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