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Santorini International Airport

Coordinates:36°24′03″N025°28′42″E/ 36.40083°N 25.47833°E/36.40083; 25.47833
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Santorini International Airport

Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης
The airport entrance in 2019 before the upgrade works.
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek State
OperatorFraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
ServesSantorini
LocationKamari
ElevationAMSL127 ft / 39 m
Coordinates36°24′03″N025°28′42″E/ 36.40083°N 25.47833°E/36.40083; 25.47833
Websitejtr-airport.gr
Map
JTR is located in Greece
JTR
JTR
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 7,208 2,197 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers2,744,650
Passenger traffic changeIncrease77.5%
Aircraft movements24,337
Aircraft movements changeIncrease51.5%
Runway[1]Statistics[2]

Santorini International Airport(Greek:Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης) (IATA:JTR,ICAO:LGSR) is an airport inSantorini,Greece located north of the village ofKamari.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 fewCycladesIslands with a major airport.

The airport is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of the centre of the city of Thira. The main asphalt runway (17/35) is 7,208 feet (2,197 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 theBoeing 757,Boeing 737andAirbus A320series as well as smaller aircraft such as theAvro RJ,Fokker 70,andATR 72.Scheduled airlines includeRyanair,Olympic AirandAegean 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[edit]

Kamari town and Santorini International Airport

The airport first operated in 1972.[3]

In December 2015 the privatisation of Santorini International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalised with the signing of the agreement between theFraport 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 International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Santorini Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines[5]Athens
Seasonal:Thessaloniki[6]
Aer Lingus[7]Seasonal:Dublin[8]
Air EuropaSeasonal:Madrid[9]
Air FranceSeasonal:Marseille,Nice,[10]Paris–Charles de Gaulle[11]
airBalticSeasonal:Riga[12]
Austrian Airlines[13]Seasonal:Vienna
Bluebird AirwaysSeasonal:Tel Aviv[14]
British Airways[15]Seasonal:London–Gatwick,[16]London–Heathrow
Cyprus AirwaysSeasonal:Larnaca
Discover AirlinesSeasonal:Frankfurt,[17]Munich
easyJet[18]Seasonal:Bristol,Edinburgh,Geneva,London–Gatwick,London–Luton,Manchester,Milan–Malpensa,Naples
Edelweiss Air[19]Seasonal:Zürich
Etihad AirwaysSeasonal:Abu Dhabi(resumes 15 June 2024)[20]
Eurowings[21]Seasonal:Cologne/Bonn,Düsseldorf,[22]Hamburg,Stuttgart
Finnair[23]Seasonal:Helsinki
flydubaiSeasonal:Dubai–International
flynasSeasonal:Riyadh[24]
Gulf Air[25]Seasonal:Bahrain[26]
Iberia ExpressSeasonal:Madrid
Israir AirlinesSeasonal:Tel Aviv[27]
Jet2.com[28]Seasonal:Birmingham,East Midlands,[29]Edinburgh,[30]Leeds/Bradford,London–Stansted,Manchester,Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa[31]Seasonal:Frankfurt,Munich
LuxairSeasonal:Luxembourg[32]
Neos[33]Seasonal:Milan–Malpensa,Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle[34]Seasonal:Copenhagen,Oslo,Stockholm–Arlanda
Ryanair[35]Seasonal:Athens,Bari,Bergamo,Dublin,Gdańsk,Kraków,London–Stansted,Milan–Malpensa,Naples,Rome–Fiumicino,Vienna
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal:Copenhagen[36]
Seasonal charter:Gothenburg,[37]Oslo,Stockholm–Arlanda,[37]Trondheim[38]
Sky Express[39]Athens
SmartwingsSeasonal:Prague,[40]Warsaw–Chopin
Swiss International Air Lines[41]Seasonal:Geneva
Transavia[42]Seasonal:Amsterdam,Brussels,[43]Lyon,[44]Nantes,Paris–Orly
TUI Airways[45]Seasonal:Birmingham,Bristol,East Midlands,Manchester
TUI fly Belgium[46]Seasonal:Brussels
VoloteaAthens,Thessaloniki
Seasonal:Bari,Bilbao,[47]Bordeaux,[48]Lyon,[49]Marseille,Nantes,Naples,Palermo,[50]Toulouse,Venice,Verona
Vueling[51]Seasonal:Barcelona,Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air[52]Seasonal:Abu Dhabi,Bucharest–Otopeni,Budapest,Naples,Rome–Fiumicino,Warsaw–Chopin

Traffic figures[edit]

The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[53]until 2016, and from the airport's official website from 2017 thereafter.[54]

Santorini Airport Passenger Traffic
Year Domestic
passengers 		Domestic
% change 		International
passengers 		International
% change 		Total
passengers 		Total
% change
1994 175,152 n/aSteady 225,896 n/aSteady 401,048 n/aSteady
1995 188,461 7.6Increase 257,978 14.2Increase 446,439 11.3Increase
1996 188,778 0.2Increase 246,680 4.4Decrease 435,458 2.5Decrease
1997 208,195 10.3Increase 263,735 6.9Increase 471,930 8.4Increase
1998 209,505 0.6Increase 286,809 8.8Increase 496,314 5.2Increase
1999 225,160 7.5Increase 353,193 23.2Increase 578,353 16.5Increase
2000 302,072 34.2Increase 373,428 5.7Increase 675,500 16.8Increase
2001 288,084 4.6Decrease 387,659 3.8Increase 675,743 <0.1Increase
2002 221,040 23.3Decrease 357,797 7.7Decrease 578,837 14.3Decrease
2003 207,695 6.0Decrease 326,232 8.8Decrease 533,927 7.8Decrease
2004 245,577 18.2Increase 302,564 7.3Decrease 548,141 2.7Increase
2005 269,371 9.7Increase 341,913 13.0Increase 611,284 11.5Increase
2006 316,973 17.7Increase 361,262 5.7Increase 678,235 11.0Increase
2007 359,950 13.6Increase 386,724 7.1Increase 746,674 10.1Increase
2008 360,670 0.2Increase 371,484 3.9Decrease 732,154 2.0Decrease
2009 356,040 1.3Decrease 343,068 7.7Decrease 699,108 4.5Decrease
2010 354,872 0.3Decrease 367,283 7.1Increase 722,155 3.3Increase
2011 377,473 6.4Increase 408,074 11.1Increase 785,547 8.8Increase
2012 358,468 5.0Decrease 405,071 0.7Decrease 763,539 2.8Decrease
2013 403,687 12.6Increase 494,466 22.1Increase 898,153 17.6Increase
2014 548,274 35.8Increase 631,534 27.7Increase 1,179,808 31.4Increase
2015 771,193 40.7Increase 724,697 14.8Increase 1,495,890 26.8Increase
2016 897,231 16.3Increase 788,464 8.8Increase 1,685,695 12.7Increase
2017 1,022,117 13.9Increase 908,894 12.3Increase 1,928,295 13.1Increase
2018 1,186,904 16.1Increase 1,068,022 17.5Increase 2,254,926 16.8Increase
2019 1,228,840 3.5Increase 1,071,568 0.3Increase 2,300,408 2.0Increase
2020 283,764 76.9Decrease 289,199 73.0Decrease 572,963 75.1Decrease
2021 561,780 98.0Increase 984,804 240.5Increase 1,546,584 169.9Increase
2022 1,061,360 88.9Increase 1,683,290 70.9Increase 2,744,650 77.5Increase
2023 1,259,564 18.7Increase 1,516,241 9.9Decrease 2,775,805 1.1Increase
2024 (May) 400.169 13,8Increase 212.523 1.0Decrease 612.692 8.2Increase

Traffic statistics by country (2022)[edit]

Traffic by country at Santorini International Airport – 2022[55]
Place Country Totalpax
1 Greece 1,061,360
2 United Kingdom 422,668
3 Italy 396,526
4 France 247,123
5 Germany 140,725
6 Poland 55,916
7 Switzerland 48,951
8 Spain 44,869
9 Austria 33,428
10 Netherlands 33,181
11 Ireland 32,591
12 Romania 29,597
13 Israel 28,016
14 United Arab Emirates 21,316
15 Norway 17,619

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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