Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Χανίων, "Δασκαλογιάννης" | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority | ||||||||||
| Operator | Fraport Greece | ||||||||||
| Serves | Chania,Crete | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 149 m / 490 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°31′54″N024°08′59″E / 35.53167°N 24.14972°E /35.53167; 24.14972 | ||||||||||
| Website | chq-airport.gr | ||||||||||
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| Source: Fraport-Greece[1] | |||||||||||
Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" (IATA:CHQ,ICAO:LGSA) is an international airport located nearSouda Bay on theAkrotiri peninsula of the Greek island ofCrete, serving the city ofChania, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away. It is a gateway to western Crete for an increasing number of tourists. The airport is named afterDaskalogiannis, a Cretan rebel against Ottoman rule in the 18th century, and is a joint civil–military airport. It is thesixth-busiest airport in Greece.
The focus on civil aviation for the west of Crete has not always been on the current location. It was theairport of Maleme that served civil flights up to 1959, and dating back to the end ofSecond World War.[citation needed]
In 1959, this activity was transferred to the military airport of Souda.[citation needed] In 1974, the airport also began to serve international flights. Because of insufficient capacity, there was the need for a new terminal building. Eventually, in 1996, the new terminal was ready, measuring a surface area of 14,650 square metres (157,700 sq ft), with 6 aircraft stands in front. It has a design capacity of 1.35 million passengers per year.[citation needed] In 2000, it was officially namedIoannis Daskalogiannis.
The airport is also intensively used as a military airfield by theHellenic Air Force.[2][3]
In December 2015, the privatisation of Chania 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 Chania International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.
In June 2018[5] Fraport Greece completed the new aircraft layouts, which are now using push back to double the parking space. The passenger safety area has been expanded, the number of hand baggage scanners from 5 to 8, the duty-free store space trebled from 400 sq.m. to 1,200 sq. meters, the VIP space moved to increase the number of boarding gates from 14 to 16 and the dividing walls in the departure halls were removed in order to create a space of 3,000 sq. meters. A new sewage pumping station was built, and the network (approximately 3.5 km) was connected to the municipal network. Electromechanical installations, including new motor control centres (MCCs), wiring, lighting, and electrical panels, were optimized. The apron lighting was upgraded, and thewater closets (WCs) were renovated to increase the number of toilets in the non-Schengen area. Additionally, the escalator was relocated to better utilize the available space.[6]
On June 10, 2018,Air Force One carrying U.S. PresidentDonald Trump stopped for refuelling in Chania during Trump's flight from theG7 meeting inQuebec to the meeting inSingapore with the leader ofNorth KoreaKim Jong-un.[7]
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On 22 March 2017, Fraport Greece presented its master plan for the 14 Greek regional airports, including Chania International Airport.[8]
Immediate actions that will be implemented at the airports as soon as Fraport Greece takes over operations, before the summer of 2019:
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Chania Airport:
The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[67] until 2016, and from 2017 and later from the official website of the airport.[68]
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| Place | Country | Total pax |
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| 1 |  Greece | 896.324 |
| 2 |  United Kingdom | 536.408 |
| 3 |  Germany | 370.694 |
| 4 |  Denmark | 331.608 |
| 5 |  Poland | 302.324 |
| 6 |  Norway | 299.407 |
| 7 |  Sweden | 239.004 |
| 8 |  Finland | 215.089 |
| 9 |  Italy | 110.956 |
| 10 |  France | 97.794 |
| 11 |  Belgium | 81.177 |
| 12 |  Austria | 65.685 |
| 13 |  Cyprus | 64.266 |
| 14 |  Romania | 63.143 |
| 15 |  Hungary | 58.854 |
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The airport can be easily reached by car, bus (to Chania and Rethymnon) or taxi via the main road network.
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