Kalamata International Airport

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Kalamata International Airport (Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας) is an airport in the city of Kalamata, Greece. It mainly receives charter flights during the summer months. Once a week there is a scheduled domestic flight from Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city.

The airport is located between Kalamata and Messene on GR-82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparta) and west of the train tracks on the Pamisos plain. The runway is about 2 km long and runs from north to south from the highway north to the plain. The terminal lies to the east and is accessed with GR-7/E55/E65 (Kalamata - Tripoli - Corinth).

History

1959 - Kalamata International Airport opens
1986 - Charter flights begin to operate out of the airport
1991 - New aircraft terminal was built
1991 - Operated by Hellenic Civil Aviation

Airlines and destinations

Olympic Airlines (Thessaloniki)

External links

Greek Airports: Kalamata International Airport
Greek Airport Guide: Kalamata Airport

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