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Syros Island National Airport
Syros Island National Airport ( gr, Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Σύρου) is an airport serving Syros Island in Greece. It is also known as Syros National Airport "Demetrius Vikelas" ( gr, Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Σύρου "Δημήτριος Βικέλας"), named for Demetrius Vikelas (1835–1908), a Greek businessman and writer born in Ermoupoli on the island of Syros. The airport was opened in 1991. Syros is part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea, located southeast of Athens. Facilities The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring . Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Syros Island Airport: Statistics See also *Transport in Greece Transport in Greece has undergone significant changes in the past two decades, vastly modernizing the country's infrastructure and transportation. Altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority
The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority ( el, Υπηρεσία Πολιτικής Αεροπορίας), abbreviated HCAA ( el, ΥΠΑ), is a department of the Greek government under the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. It is involved in air traffic control, aeronautical communications, airport operations, aircraft registration and inspection, licensing of civil air operators, and personnel certification. The headquarters of the HCAA are located at Glyfada, near the old Ellinikon Airport. HCAA communications facilities The Hellenic CAA uses a number of remotely operated VHF radio stations for civil aviation communications at the following locations: * Ymittos (near Athens) * Akarnanika Mountains * Thassos Island * Spergioli * Moustakos * Monastiri * Sitia * Geraneia Mountains Air Traffic Control radar The HCAA uses a number of radar stations: * Ymittos (near Athens), primary * Mount Pilion (SSR) * Levkas Island (SSR) * Kythira (SSR) * Crete (SSR) * Athens Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asphalt Concrete
Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac, bitumen macadam, or rolled asphalt in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams. Asphalt mixtures have been used in pavement construction since the beginning of the twentieth century. It consists of mineral aggregate bound together with asphalt, laid in layers, and compacted. The process was refined and enhanced by Belgian-American inventor Edward De Smedt. The terms ''asphalt'' (or ''asphaltic'') ''concrete'', ''bituminous asphalt concrete'', and ''bituminous mixture'' are typically used only in engineering and construction documents, which define concrete as any composite material composed of mineral aggregate adhered with a binder. The abbreviation, ''AC'', is sometimes used for ''asphalt concrete'' but can also denote ''asphalt content'' or ''asphalt cement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Greece
Transport in Greece has undergone significant changes in the past two decades, vastly modernizing the country's infrastructure and transportation. Although ferry transport between islands remains the prominent method of transport between the nation's islands, improvements to the road infrastructure, rail, urban transport, and airports have all led to a vast improvement in transportation. These upgrades have played a key role in supporting Greece's economy, which in the past decade has come to rely heavily on the construction industry. Cable transport *Lycabettus Funicular *Parnitha Funitel * Santorini cable car Rail transport Railways *total: , ( are, or will be, electrified) * standard gauge: gauge *narrow gauge: gauge; gauge * dual gauge: combined and gauges (three rail system) (2004) The state-owned company that owns and maintains Greece's railway network is OSE, while TrainOSE is the company responsible for operating all passenger and freight trains. Metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens International Airport
Athens International Airport ''Eleftherios Venizelos'' ( el, Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος», ''Diethnís Aeroliménas Athinón "Elefthérios Venizélos"''), commonly initialised as AIA , is the largest international airport in Greece, serving the city of Athens and region of Attica. It began operation on 28 March 2001 (in time for the 2004 Summer Olympics) and is the main base of Aegean Airlines, as well as other smaller Greek airlines. It replaced the old Ellinikon International Airport. Athens International is currently a member of Group 1 of Airports Council International (over 25 million passengers) as of 2021, it is the 15th-busiest airport in Europe and the busiest and largest in the Balkans. History Development and ownership AIA is located between the towns of Markopoulo, Koropi, Spata and Loutsa, about to the east of central Athens ( by road, due to intervening hills). The airport is named afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Express (Greece)
Sky Express, legal name Cretan Aeronautical Operations ( el, Κρητικές Αεροπορικές Εκμεταλλεύσεις '), is a Greek airline headquartered in Athens International Airport. It was established in 2005 and operates a number of flights, serving 35 domestic and eight international destinations. History The airline was established in early 2005 by Cpt. Miltiadis Tsagkarakis, former Olympic Airlines director general and pilot, and George Mavrantonakis, former Olympic Airlines chief operating officer and accountable manager as well as advisor to the company president. Operations commenced in July 2005, including scheduled, charter, cargo, air taxi, emergency medical services, excursion and sightseeing flights. Sky Express Aircargo was later established as a joint venture with the Finaval Group and dedicated to cargo transport between Europe and the Far East. In October 2020, the airline placed a firm order for four Airbus A320neo aircraft (the fleet no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santorini (Thira) International Airport
Santorini (Thira) International Airport ( el, Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης) is an airport in Santorini/Thira, 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. The airport is located about southeast of the centre of the city of Thira. The main asphalt runway (17/35) is 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 320 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 Aegean Airlines S.A. ( el, Αερογραμμές Αιγαίου Ανώνυμη Ετ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodes International Airport
Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" (Greek: Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Ρόδου "Διαγόρας"), or Diagoras International Airport , is located on the West side of the island of Rhodes in Greece. The facility is located just north of the village Paradeisi, about 14 km southwest of the capital city, Rodos. Rhodes International Airport was the fourth busiest airport in Greece as of 2019, with 5,542,567 passengers utilizing the airport. History Civil aviation on Rhodes started after the Second World War, on the location of the nearby military Rhodes Maritsa Airport. This was the island's main airport until 1977, when the new Rhodes International Airport was opened. The need for a new facility was big, as the 'old' Maritsa airport did not meet the needs for a modern civil airport. The new "Diagoras" airport was built in 1977. It was decided that, on this location, it would meet the needs of the island better. Improvements have been made to the airp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Paros Airport
Paros National Airport is the airport serving the island of Paros, Greece, in the Cyclades islands region. The airport is located in the southwestern part of the island, about from the port of Parikia. It replaced the Old Paros National Airport on 25 July 2016. History The old airport of Paros, which was situated a few kilometers to the south, was operational since 1982. Its 710-meter runway was sufficient for its time, but over years, passenger numbers grew making the use of larger aircraft necessary. Although these aircraft could serve various Greek airports, Paros airport was not one of them. The reason was that it had a short runway. It was finally decided that there should be a new airport for the island. The new airport opened in 2016 taking over all operations of the old airport. It has a wider, 1,400 meter runway and larger aircraft can use it. The types that fly to the airport currently are the following: Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 of Olympic Air, ATR 42/72 of Sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naxos Island National Airport
Naxos Island National Airport is an airport in Naxos, Greece . It is located near Agios Prokopios, 3 km from Naxos City. The airport opened in 1992. Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Naxos Island Airport: Statistics Accidents and incidents * On 12 December 2009, an Olympic Air ATR 42 (registration SX-BPA), performing flight OA6 from Athens to Naxos, was on a visual approach to runway 36 and had been handed off to Naxos Tower by air traffic control. The airplane was then seen in full landing configuration on final approach to Paros' runway 35 (length 710 meters/2300 feet) on the adjacent island. Paros Tower made contact on its frequency and Naxos Tower and ordered the aircraft to go around. The crew aborted the approach and subsequently landed safely in Naxos. * On 12 July 2019, a Sky Express ATR 42 (registration SX-FOR), about to perform flight GQ-405 from Naxos to Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mykonos Airport
Mykonos-Manto Mavrogenous Airport is the international airport of the Greek island of Mykonos, located from the town of Mykonos. It serves flights to domestic and European metropolitan destinations due to the island being a popular leisure destination. History The airport first operated in 1971. During the off-peak tourist season the airport has limited flight connections and operating hours. On the other hand, during the 2014 peak summer season it was found necessary to severely limit general aviation activity, allowing only a technical stop of 2 hours. For the summer of 2016, NOTAM B0335/16 introduces a similar limitation, but now even down to a one hour's stop. In December 2015, the privatisation of Mykonos 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. "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycladic Airlines
The Cyclades (; el, Κυκλάδες, ) are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name refers to the islands ''around'' ("cyclic", κυκλάς) the sacred island of Delos. The largest island of the Cyclades is Naxos, however the most populated is Syros. History The significant Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cycladic culture is best known for its schematic, flat sculptures carved out of the islands' pure white marble centuries before the great Middle Bronze Age Minoan civilization arose in Crete to the south. (These figures have been looted from burials to satisfy a thriving Cycladic antiquities market since the early 20th century.) A distinctive Neolithic culture amalgamating Anatolian and mainland Greek elements arose in the western Aegean before 4000 BCE, based on emmer and wild-type barley, sheep and goats, pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface ( grass, dirt, gravel, ice, sand or salt). Runways, as well as taxiways and ramps, are sometimes referred to as "tarmac", though very few runways are built using tarmac. Takeoff and landing areas defined on the surface of water for seaplanes are generally referred to as waterways. Runway lengths are now commonly given in meters worldwide, except in North America where feet are commonly used. History In 1916, in a World War I war effort context, the first concrete-paved runway was built in Clermont-Ferrand in France, allowing local company Michelin to manufacture Bréguet Aviation military aircraft. In January 1919, aviation pioneer Orville Wright underlined the need for "distinctly m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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