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Santorini International Airport

Santorini International Airport (Greek: Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης) (IATA: JTR, ICAO: LGSR) is an airport in Santorini, Greece located north of the village of Kamari. 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 few Cyclades Islands with a major airport.

Santorini International Airport

Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης
The airport entrance in 2019 before the upgrade works.
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek State
OperatorFraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
ServesSantorini
LocationKamari
Elevation AMSL127 ft / 39 m
Coordinates36°24′03″N 025°28′42″E / 36.40083°N 25.47833°E / 36.40083; 25.47833
Websitejtr-airport.gr
Map
JTR is located in Greece
JTR
JTR
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 7,208 2,197 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers2,744,650
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 77.5%
Aircraft movements24,337
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 51.5%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]

The airport is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of the centre of the city of Thira. The main asphalt runway (17/35) 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 the Boeing 757, Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 series as well as smaller aircraft such as the Avro RJ, Fokker 70, and ATR 72. Scheduled airlines include Ryanair, Olympic Air and Aegean 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.

History edit

 
Kamari town and Santorini International Airport

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 the Fraport 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:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines[5] Athens
Seasonal: Thessaloniki[6]
Aer Lingus[7] Seasonal: Dublin[8]
Air Europa Seasonal: Madrid[9]
Air France Seasonal: Marseille, Nice,[10] Paris–Charles de Gaulle[11]
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga[12]
Austrian Airlines[13] Seasonal: Vienna
Bluebird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv[14]
British Airways[15] Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[16] London–Heathrow
Cyprus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt,[17] Munich
easyJet[18] Seasonal: Bristol, Edinburgh, Geneva, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Naples
Edelweiss Air[19] Seasonal: Zürich
Etihad Airways Seasonal: Abu Dhabi (resumes 15 June 2024)[20]
Eurowings[21] Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf,[22] Hamburg, Stuttgart
Finnair[23] Seasonal: Helsinki
flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International
flynas Seasonal: Riyadh[24]
Gulf Air[25] Seasonal: Bahrain[26]
Iberia Express Seasonal: Madrid
Israir Airlines Seasonal: Tel Aviv[27]
Jet2.com[28] Seasonal: Birmingham, Edinburgh,[29] East Midlands,[30] Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa[31] Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[32]
Neos[33] Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle[34] Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Ryanair[35] Seasonal: Athens, Bari, Bergamo, Dublin, Gdańsk, Kraków, London–Stansted, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Rome–Fiumicino, Vienna
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen[36]
Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[37] Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda,[37] Trondheim[38]
Sky Express[39] Athens
Smartwings Seasonal: Prague,[40] Warsaw–Chopin
Swiss International Air Lines[41] Seasonal: Geneva
Transavia[42] Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels,[43] Lyon,[44] Nantes, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways[45] Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Manchester
TUI fly Belgium[46] Seasonal: Brussels
Volotea Athens, Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Bari, Bilbao,[47] Bordeaux,[48] Lyon,[49] Marseille, Nantes, Naples, Palermo,[50] Toulouse, Venice, Verona
Vueling[51] Seasonal: Barcelona, Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air[52] Seasonal: Abu Dhabi, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Naples, Rome–Fiumicino, Tel Aviv,[53] Warsaw–Chopin

Traffic figures edit

The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[54] until 2016, and from the airport's official website from 2017 thereafter.[55]

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 (Apr) 231,693 20.2   62,963 6.3   294,656 13.3  

Traffic statistics by country (2022) edit

Traffic by country at Santorini International Airport – 2022[56]
Place Country Total pax
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

See also edit

References edit

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  55. ^ "SANTORINI AIRPORT (JTR) Air Traffic statistics", jtr-airport.gr
  56. ^ Traffic Report by Country January - December 2022 jtr-airport.gr

External links edit

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