Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras"
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| Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ρόδου "Διαγόρας" |
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| IATA: RHO – ICAO: LGRP | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Location | Rhodes | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 19 ft | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 07/25 | 3,306 | 10,846 | Asphalt |
Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ρόδου, "Διαγόρας") or Diagoras International Airport (IATA: RHO, ICAO: LGRP) is located on the island of Rhodes in Greece. The airport is located 14 km south west of the capital city of Rhodes, near the village of Paradisi.
It is the fourth busiest airport of Greece in total passenger volume. The airport entered operation in 1977, the year when its construction finished and replaced the old and insufficient airport situated in the Maritsa area. The airport covers a total area of 31,000 m². and with the undergoing expansion its going to be doubled. The new terminal, opened in 2005, will improve the services offered to charter airlines. The airport operates all day all year and many services are available: car hire, banks, duty-free, cafes and parking outside the terminal.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Aegean Airlines (Athens,Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Rome-Fiumicino)
- airberlin (Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Rostock/Laage, Zürich,basel)
- Air Italy Polska (Warsaw) [Seasonal]
- Arkefly (Amsterdam)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- Centralwings (Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw)
- Condor Airlines (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart)
- Corsair (Paris) [seasonal]
- Cyprus Airways (Heraklion, Larnaca)
- easyJet (London-Gatwick)
- Europe Airpost (Paris, Basel,Lyon) [seasonal]
- First Choice Airways (Bristol, Exeter, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester)
- Germanwings (Cologne/Bonn)
- Hamburg International (Frankfurt, Saarbrücken) [seasonal]
- Iberworld (Ängelholm [seasonal])
- Jetairfly (Bruxelles, Liège [seasonal])
- Jet2.com (Newcastle)
- Luxair (Luxembourg)
- Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest, Debrecen)
- Martinair (Amsterdam)
- Niki (Graz, Salzburg, Vienna)
- Olympic Airlines (Athens, Thessaloniki, Karpathos, Kasos, Kastelorizo, Kos, Leros, Astypalaia, Samos, Chios, Mytilene, Heraklion, Limnos)
- Sky Express (Greece) (Heraklion, Santorini, Chania)
- transavia.com (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Maastricht, Groningen, Twente)
- TUIfly (Berlin-Tegel, Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Frankfurt, Leipzig/Halle, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken)
- Thomas Cook Airlines (Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle) [seasonal]
- Thomsonfly (Birmingham, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester, Newcastle)
- Volare Airlines (Milan-Malpensa) [seasonal 26 July - 6 September]
- Wizz Air (Budapest) [begins 14 June]
- XL Airways (Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle) [seasonal]
- XL Airways France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle) [seasonal]
[edit] External links
- Greek Airports: Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras"
- Greek Airport Guide: Rodos Airport, "Diagoras"
- Airport information for LGRP at World Aero Data
