Cephalonia International Airport

Cephalonia International Airport
Cephalonia International Airport
Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κεφαλονιάς
Kefalonia airport 02.jpg
Cephalonia control tower
IATA: EFL – ICAO: LGKF
EFL is located in Greece
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EFL
Location of airport in Greece
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government
Serves Cephalonia, Greece
Location Gr-28100 Minies, 9km south of Argostoli, Greece
Elevation AMSL 59 ft / 18 m
Coordinates 38°07′12″N 020°30′01″E / 38.12°N 20.50028°E / 38.12; 20.50028
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,436 7,992 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Cephalonia International Airport (IATA: EFL, ICAO: LGKF) is an airport on the island of Cephalonia, in Greece.

The airport opened in 1971 to serve the former municipality Leivathos with improved transportation links; Cephalonia is now a single municipality. A new runway and the current terminal building were constructed in the 1980s.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Austrian Airlines operated by Lauda Air Seasonal: Vienna
BMI Manchester[citation needed]
Cyprus Airways Larnaca
EasyJet Seasonal: London-Gatwick [begins 28 April 2012][3]
JAT Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Monarch Airlines Seasonal: Birmingham, Dublin, London-Gatwick, Manchester
Novair Seasonal charter: Oslo
Olympic Air Athens
Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick
Sky Express Corfu (via Preveza), Preveza/Lefkada, Zakynthos
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal charter: Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomson Airways Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Transavia Seasonal charter: Amsterdam

References

  1. ^ Airport information for LGKF at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  2. ^ Airport information for EFL at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ "easyJet launches new Kefalonia route from Gatwick". corporate.easyjet.com. http://corporate.easyjet.com/media/latest-news/news-year-2011/03-10-2011-en.aspx?sc_lang=en. Retrieved 3 October 2011. 

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