Santorini (Thira) International Airport

International airport in Greece

Santorini International Airport

Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης

* IATA: JTR
* ICAO: LGSR

Summary
Airport type| Public
Owner| Greek State
Operator| Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves| Santorini
Location| Kamari
Elevation AMSL| 127 ft / 39 m
Coordinates| 36°24′03″N 025°28′42″E﻿ / ﻿36.40083°N 25.47833°E﻿ / 36.40083; 25.47833
Website| jtr-airport.gr
Map

JTR

Location of airport in Greece

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
|

ft  | m
15/33  | 7,208  | 2,197  | Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
| Passengers| 2,744,650

|

Passenger traffic change|  77.5%
Aircraft movements| 24,337
Aircraft movements change|  51.5%

Runway[1] Statistics[2]

Santorini (Thira) International Airport (Greek: Διεθνής 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 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 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[edit]

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.

## Airlines and destinations[edit]

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

Airlines| Destinations

|

Aegean Airlines[5] |  Athens
Seasonal: Thessaloniki (begins 29 April 2024)[6]
Aer Lingus[7] |  Seasonal: Dublin[8]
Air Europa | Seasonal: Madrid[9]
Air France |  Seasonal: Marseille, Nice,[10] Paris–Charles de Gaulle[11]
airBaltic[12] |  Seasonal: Riga[13]
Animawings |  Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni[14]
Austrian Airlines[15] |  Seasonal: Vienna
Bluebird Airways |  Seasonal: Tel Aviv[16]
British Airways[17]|  Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[18] London–Heathrow
Cyprus Airways |  Seasonal: Larnaca
Discover Airlines | Seasonal: Frankfurt,[19] Munich
easyJet[20] |  Seasonal: Bristol, Edinburgh, Geneva, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Naples
Edelweiss Air[21] |  Seasonal: Zürich
Etihad Airways|  Seasonal: Abu Dhabi (resumes 15 June 2024)[22]
Eurowings[23]|  Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf,[24] Hamburg, Stuttgart
Finnair[25]|  Seasonal: Helsinki
flydubai |  Seasonal: Dubai–International
flynas |  Seasonal: Riyadh[26]
Gulf Air[27]|  Seasonal: Bahrain[28]
Iberia Express|  Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com[29]|  Seasonal: Birmingham, Edinburgh,[30] East Midlands,[31] Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa[32]|  Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair |  Seasonal: Luxembourg[33]
Neos[34]|  Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa, Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle[35] |  Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Ryanair[36]|  Seasonal: Athens, Bari, Bergamo, Dublin, Gdańsk, Kraków, London–Stansted, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Rome–Fiumicino, Vienna
Scandinavian Airlines|  Seasonal: Copenhagen[37]
Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[38] Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda,[38] Trondheim[39]
Sky Express[40]|  Athens
Smartwings |  Seasonal: Prague,[41] Warsaw–Chopin
Swiss International Air Lines[42] |  Seasonal: Geneva
Transavia[43]|  Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels,[44] Lyon,[45] Nantes, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways[46]|  Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Manchester
TUI fly Belgium[47]|  Seasonal: Brussels
Volotea|  Athens, Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Bari, Bilbao,[48] Bordeaux,[49] Lyon,[50] Marseille, Nantes, Naples, Palermo,[51] Toulouse, Venice, Verona
Vueling[52]|  Seasonal: Barcelona, Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air[53]|  Seasonal: Abu Dhabi, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Catania, Naples, Rome–Fiumicino, Tel Aviv, Venice,[54] Warsaw–Chopin

## Traffic figures[edit]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

|

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The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[55] until 2016, and from the airport's official website from 2017 thereafter.[56]

| Year  | Passengers

|

Domestic  | International  | Total
1994  | 175,152  | 225,896  | 401,048
1995  | 188,461  | 257,978  | 446,439
1996  | 188,778  | 246,680  | 435.458
1997  | 208,195  | 263,735  | 471,930
1998  | 209,505  | 286,809  | 496,314
1999  | 225,160  | 353,193  | 578,353
2000  | 302,072  | 373,428  | 675,500
2001  | 288,084  | 387,659  | 675,743
2002  | 221,040  | 357,797  | 578,837
2003  | 207,695  | 326,232  | 533,927
2004  | 245,577  | 302,564  | 548,141
2005  | 269,371  | 341,913  | 611,284
2006  | 316,973  | 361,262  | 678,235
2007  | 359,950  | 386,724  | 746,674
2008  | 360,670  | 371,484  | 732,154
2009  | 356,040  | 343,068  | 699,108
2010  | 354,872  | 367,283  | 722,155
2011  | 377,473  | 408,074  | 785,547
2012  | 358,468  | 405,071  | 763,539
2013  | 403,687  | 494,466  | 898,153
2014  | 548,274  | 631,534  | 1,179,808
2015  | 771,193  | 724,697  | 1,495,890
2016  | 897,231  | 788,464  | 1,685,695
2017  | 1,022,117  | 908,894  | 1,928,295
2018  | 1,186,904  | 1,068,022  | 2,254,926
2019  | 1,228,840 | 1,071,568  | 2,300,408
2020  | 283,764  | 289,199  | 572,963
2021  | 561,780  | 984,804  | 1,546,584
2022  | 1,061,360  | 1,516,241 | 2,744,650
2023(Nov)  | 1,224,739  | 1,512,764  | 2,740,980

### Traffic statistics by country (2022)[edit]

Traffic by country at Santorini International Airport – 2022 Place  | Country  | Total pax

|
|

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

Source:[57]

## See also[edit]

* Transport in Greece

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