Santorini (Thira) International Airport
Santorini (Thira) International Airport is an airport in Santorini/Thira,
Greece (IATA: JTR, ICAO: LGSR), located north of the village of Kamari. The
airport serves both as a military and as a civil airport. With its
relatively small apron, as of 2018 the airport is only able to serve up to 6
civilian planes at the same time. Santorini is one of the few Cyclades
Islands with a major airport.
The airport is located is about 6 km southeast of the centre of the city of
Thira. The main asphalt runway (16L-34R) is 6972 feet/2125m in length. The
parallel taxiway was built to runway specification and is labeled 16R-34L.
The airfield can accommodate medium sized jets like the Boeing 757, Boeing
737, Airbus 320 series, 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 fall.
Transportation to and from the air terminal is through buses, taxis, hotel
car-pickups and rental cars.
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