Airports in Greece

Diagoras International Airport or Rhodes International Airport «Diagoras» was built in 1977 and it serves the island of Rhodes. It is located on the northern part of the island — right on the sea shore about 15 kilometers southwest of the capital of the island — the Rhodes town. It is the fourth largest airport in whole country of Greece. Rhodes airport IATA code is RHO and Rhodes airport ICAO code is LGRP. Rhodes airport… Read more »»»

Heraklion International Airport «Nikos Kazantzakis» serves the island of Crete. It is the biggest airport on island, and also it is one of the biggest airports in Greece. Airport is located about 4-5 kilometers east of the island’s capital — Heraklion town. Name of this airport come from greek author and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis. Do you remember «Zorba the greek» book? So you know what we’re talking about! Heraklion airport IATA code is HER and… Read more »»»

Thessaloniki airport or International Airport ‘Macedonia’ — formerly known as Mikra airport — serves the city of Thessaloniki and northern part of Greece. By the way, Thessaloniki airport was opened in 1930 and now it is the second biggest airport in Greece (the first one is in Athens). This airport located about 13 kilometers south-east of the city center near small town Thermi. Thessaloniki airport IATA code is SKG and Thessaloniki airport ICAO code is… Read more »»»

Athens International Airport «Eleftherios Venizelos» serves the city of Athens and all the region of Attica. This airport named in the honor of the great greek politician Eleutherios Venizelos — leader in the revolution against the Ottoman Empire in Crete in 1896. It is a very modern airport — it began operation on 29 March 2001 and now it is the primary civilian airport in this area. Athens airport IATA code is ATH and Athens… Read more »»»