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| website = www.hcaa.gr| metric-rwy = Yes| r1-number = 18R/36L| r1-length-f = 10,997| r1-length-m = 3,352| r1-surface = Concrete|stat-year = 2018|stat1-header = Passengers|stat1-data = 182,129|stat2-header = Passenger traffic change |stat2-data = {{increase}} 20.8%|stat3-header = Aircraft movements |stat3-data = 1,365|stat4-header = Aircraft movements change|stat4-data = {{increase}} 8.5%Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority>HCAA,ARAXOS AIRPORT>URL=HTTP://WWW.HCAA.GR/EN/OUR-AIRPORTS/KRATIKOS-AEROLIMENAS-ARAJOY-KAAJ ACCESS-DATE=10 JUNE 2016, DAFIFUSURPED>URL=HTTP://WORLDAERODATA.COM/WAD.CGI?AIRPORT=LGRXARCHIVE-DATE=2019-03-05WEBSITE=WORLD AERO DATA, Data current as of October 2006.{{GCMACCESS-DATE=2015-04-10 ARCHIVE-DATE=2013-02-17, dead, }}Araxos Airportweblink Araxos Airport websiteHellenic Civil Aviation Authority, presentation of the airport () {{airport codes|GPA|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.WEB,traveldailynews.gr/news/article/38927, Παραδόθηκε το κτίριο αναχωρήσεων του αεροδρομίου της Αράξου στην ΥΠΑ, 9 August 2007, 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.WEB,www.haf.gr/en/structure/htaf/116-combat-wing/, 116 Combat Wing, Hellenic Air Force, 20 March 2014, 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. 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:{{Airport-dest-listairBaltic > Seasonal charter: Riga International AirportHTTPS://WWW.AIRBALTIC.COM/EN/AIRBALTIC-AND-TEZ-TOUR-ANNOUNCE-CHARTER-FLIGHTS-TO-ANTALYA-BURGAS-AND-ARAXOS, AirBaltic and Tez Tour Latvija announce charter flights to Antalya, Burgas and Araxos, Austrian Airlines > Seasonal: Vienna El Al > Seasonal charter: Ben Gurion AirportHTTPS://TEMPO24.NEWS/EIDISI/436030/AERODROMIO-ARAXOY-GIA-PROTI-FORA-SYNDESI-ME-ISRAIL-ANAMENETAI-I-PROTI-PTISI DATE=7 MAY 2023, Enter Air > Seasonal charter: Warsaw–ChopinNeos (airline)>Neos Seasonal: Milan Malpensa Airport>Milan–Malpensa Sky Express (Greece)>Sky Express Seasonal charter: Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport>TimișoaraHTTPS://WWW.AEROROUTES.COM/ENG/230427-GQRO > TITLE=SKY EXPRESS NS23 ROMANIA CHARTER NETWORK EXPANSION, Smartwings > Seasonal charter: Bratislava Airport, Katowice Airport>Katowice (begins 28 May 2024),HTTPS://WWW.AEROROUTES.COM/ENG/240108-3ZNS24 > TITLE=SMARTWINGS POLAND NS24 CHARTER NETWORK ADDITIONS Václav Havel Airport Prague>Prague, Warsaw–ChopinTUI fly Belgium > Seasonal: BrusselsTUI fly Deutschland > Seasonal: Düsseldorf Airport, Frankfurt Airport>Frankfurt, Hannover Airport, Munich Airport>Munich, Stuttgart}}

Statistics

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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.KTEL Achaias Bus services to Araxos airport (in Greek) There is no train connection.

See also

• Transport in Greece
• Kalogria beach

References

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External links

• official page
• {{ASN|GPA}}

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