Santorini (Thira) International Airport

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Santorini International Airport

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης
Santorini airport logo.svg
Santorini Airport.JPG
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek State
OperatorFraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
ServesSantorini
LocationKamari
Elevation AMSL127 ft / 39 m
Coordinates36°23′57.01″N 25°28′45.60″E / 36.3991694°N 25.4793333°E / 36.3991694; 25.4793333Coordinates: 36°23′57.01″N 25°28′45.60″E / 36.3991694°N 25.4793333°E / 36.3991694; 25.4793333
Websitejtr-airport.gr
Map
JTR is located in Greece
JTR
JTR
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/35 7,208 2,197 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers572.963
Passenger traffic changeDecrease 75.1%
Aircraft movements7.286
Aircraft movements changeDecrease 65.8%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]

Santorini (Thira) International Airport (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης) (IATA: JTR, ICAO: LGSR) 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 6 km southeast of the centre of the city of Thira. The main asphalt runway (17/35) is 7208 feet (2197 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 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, 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[]

Kamari town and Santorini International Airport

The airport first operated in 1972.[3]

In December 2015 the privatisation of Santorini (Thira) 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 (Thira) International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.

Future of the airport[]

On 22 March 2017, Fraport Greece presented its master plan for the 14 regional airports including the Santorini International Airport.[5][6]

The following summarizes the enhancement changes that will be implemented for Santorini International Airport under Fraport Greece's investment plan by 2020:[7]

  • Expanding and remodelling the current terminal
  • 236% increase in total terminal space at 15,640 m2, by replacing part of the current terminal and constructing a new terminal
  • 113% increase in the number of check-in counters (from 8 to 17)
  • Doubling the number of security-check lanes (from 1 to 2)
  • 20% increase in the number of departure gates (from 5 to 6)
  • 250% increase in the number of security-check lanes (from 2 to 7)
  • Improving lighting, marking of airside areas
  • Upgrading sanitary facilities
  • Enhancing services and offering a new free Internet connection (WiFi)
  • Implementing works to improve fire safety in all the areas of the airports
  • New fire station
  • Reorganizing the airport apron area

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines[8] Athens (resumes 18 January 2022)
Aer Lingus[9] Seasonal: Dublin[10]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[11]
airBaltic[12] Seasonal: Riga[13]
Austrian Airlines[14] Seasonal: Vienna
Blue Air[15] Seasonal: Bucharest (begins 20 June 2022)[16]
British Airways[17] Seasonal: London–City, London–Gatwick (begins 15 April 2022),[18] London–Heathrow
Condor[19] Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich
easyJet[20] Seasonal: Berlin, Bristol,[21] Geneva, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Milan��Malpensa
Edelweiss Air[22] Seasonal: Zürich
Etihad Airways Seasonal: Abu Dhabi[23]
Eurowings[24] Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf,[25] Hamburg, Stuttgart,[26] Vienna
Eurowings Discover Seasonal: Munich (begins 6 June 2022)
Finnair[27] Seasonal: Helsinki
flydubai[28] Seasonal: Dubai–International[29]
Gulf Air[30] Seasonal: Bahrain[31]
Helvetic Airways Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse
Iberia Express Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com[32] Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol (begins 4 May 2022),[33] Edinburgh (begins 26 May 2022),[34] Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
LOT Polish Airlines[35] Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin[36]
Lufthansa[37] Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[38]
Neos[39] Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle[40] Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Novair Seasonal charter: Oslo[41]
Olympic AirAthens (ends 17 January 2022)
Seasonal: Thessaloniki
Ryanair[42] Seasonal: Athens, Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Charleroi, Corfu, Dublin, Gdańsk, Kraków, London–Stansted, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Palermo, Rome–Fiumicino, Tel Aviv, Treviso, Vienna
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Bergen,[41] Gothenburg,[43] Stavanger,[41] Stockholm–Arlanda,[43] Trondheim[41]
Sky Express[44] Athens
Swiss International Air Lines[45] Seasonal: Geneva, Zürich
Transavia[46] Seasonal: Amsterdam, Lyon,[47] Montpellier,[48] Nantes, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways[49] Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Manchester
TUI fly Belgium[50] Seasonal: Brussels
Tus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca
Volotea Athens, Thessaloniki (resumes 3 April 2022)
Seasonal: Bari, Bordeaux,[51] Lyon,[52] Marseille, Nantes, Naples, Palermo, Toulouse, Venice, Verona
Vueling[53] Seasonal: Barcelona, Florence, Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air[54] Seasonal: Abu Dhabi, Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Debrecen, Gdańsk, Iași, Kraków, London–Luton, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Rome–Fiumicino, Tel Aviv, Timișoara, Venice (begins 4 June 2022),[55] Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin

Traffic figures[]

Annual passenger traffic at JTR airport. See source Wikidata query.

The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[56] until 2016, and from the airport's official website from 2017 thereafter.[57]

Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
1994 175,152 225,896 401,048
1995 Increase188,461 Increase257,978 Increase446,439
1996 Increase188,778 Decrease246,680 Decrease435.458
1997 Increase208,195 Increase263,735 Increase471,930
1998 Increase209,505 Increase286,809 Increase496,314
1999 Increase225,160 Increase353,193 Increase578,353
2000 Increase302,072 Increase373,428 Increase675,500
2001 Decrease288,084 Increase387,659 Increase675,743
2002 Decrease221,040 Decrease357,797 Decrease578,837
2003 Decrease207,695 Decrease326,232 Increase533,927
2004 Increase245,577 Decrease302,564 Increase548,141
2005 Increase269,371 Increase341,913 Increase611,284
2006 Increase316,973 Increase361,262 Increase678,235
2007 Increase359,950 Increase386,724 Increase746,674
2008 Increase360,670 Increase371,484 Increase732,154
2009 Increase356,040 Decrease343,068 Decrease699,108
2010 Decrease354,872 Increase367,283 Increase722,155
2011 Increase377,473 Increase408,074 Increase785,547
2012 Decrease358,468 Decrease405,071 Decrease763,539
2013 Increase403,687 Increase494,466 Increase898,153
2014 Increase548,274 Increase631,534 Increase1,179,808
2015 Increase771,193 Increase724,697 Increase1,495,890
2016 Increase897,231 Increase788,464 Increase1,685,695
2017 Increase1,022,117 Increase908,894 Increase1,928,295
2018 Increase1,186,904 Increase1,068,022 Increase2,254,926
2019 Increase1,228,840 Increase1,071,568 Increase2,300,408
2020 Decrease283.764 Decrease289.199 Decrease572.963
2021(Nov) Increase540,062 Increase984,804 Increase1,524,866

See also[]

References[]

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External links[]

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