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Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"
Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ρόδου «Διαγόρας»
IATA: RHO – ICAO: LGRP Location of airport in Greece
RHOSummary Airport type Public Owner Greek Government Operator HCAA Serves Rodos Location Paradisi Hub for Olympic Air Elevation AMSL 6 m / 19 ft Coordinates 36°24′19.51″N 28°05′10.29″E / 36.4054194°N 28.0861917°ECoordinates: 36°24′19.51″N 28°05′10.29″E / 36.4054194°N 28.0861917°E Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,305 10,844 Asphalt Statistics (2010) Aircraft movements 
31,558Passengers 
3,586,572Runway[1] Statistics[2] 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 facility is located just north of the village Paradisi, about 14 km southwest of the capital city, Rodos. Rhodes International Airport is the fourth busiest airport of Greece.
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History
Civil aviation on Rhodes started after the second world war, on the location of the nearby military Rhodes Maritsa Airport. This has been the island's main airport until 1980. That was when the new Rhodes International Airport was opened. The need for a new facility was big, as the 'old' Maritsa airport did not meet the needs for a modern civil airport.
The new "Diagoras" airport was built in 1977. It was decided that, on this location, it would meet the needs of the island better. Over the passing years, many improvements have been made to the airport, like expansion of taxiways, platform and airport buildings. The most recent uprade is the new passenger terminal, which opened in 2005, to better accomodate the growing amount charters and passengers. The airport's plants currently cover a total area of 60,000 m2[3][4]
Annual Passenger Throughput - 10 year history[2]Year Flights Passengers Passengers Change 2001 28,100 3,428,175 0.6%2002 27,010 3,230,483 5.8%2003 29,119 3,166,070 2.0%2004 29,026 3,036,523 4.1%2005 28,444 3,207,514 5.6%2006 30,742 3,491,522 8.9%2007 32,776 3,625,962 3.9%2008 32,490 3,567,469 1.6%2009 31,680 3,470,111 2.7%2010 31,558 3,586,572 3,4%Transport
By car the airport is easily reached via the mainroad along the coast. Rodos city is about 20 minutes driving away. The airport is also frequented by buses. Busses to Rodos city depart regularly and the journey takes about 40 minutes. The busstop is located 300 meters to the left, when leaving the terminal via door 1. A taxi can be taken just outside the arrivals hall. The taxifare to the center of Rodos city is about € 16,-[5][6]
Airlines and destinations
A Novair Airbus A321 landing at Rhodes International Airport.
Rhodes Int'l Arrivals terminal.Flights operate a variaty of domestic destenations, including Athens, Thessaloniki, Iraklio and Mykonos. The summer season is by far the most busy time of the airport. Many scheduled and charter flights operate from Diagoras to all over europe and a variety of Middle-East destinations.
Airlines Destinations Aegean Airlines Athens, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino, Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Larnaca
Seasonal charter: Paris-Charles de Gaulle[7], Moscow-Domodedovo[8], Tel AvivAeroflot Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo [9] Air Berlin Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Tegel, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Nuremberg, Zürich Air Finland Seasonal: Helsinki Air Italy Polska Seasonal charter: Warsaw[citation needed] Air One Seasonal: Milan-Malpensa AlbaStar Catania Arkefly Seasonal: Amsterdam Arkia Tel Aviv Astra Airlines Seasonal: Thessaloniki Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna Belle Air Tirana BH Air Seasonal charter: Paris-Charles de Gaulle City Airline Seasonal charter: Gothenburg-Landvetter Condor Flugdienst Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart Cyprus Airways Heraklion, Larnaca EasyJet Seasonal: Liverpool, London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Orly Europe Airpost Seasonal: Paris-CDG, Strasbourg Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki Germania Seasonal charter[10]: Bremen, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Friedrichshafen, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück Germanwings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn Hello Seasonal charter[11]: Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, Kos, Zurich Holidays Czech Airlines Seasonal: Prague Israir Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv Jet2 Seasonal: East Midlands, Glasgow-International [begins 23 May 2012], Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Jetairfly Seasonal: Brussels, Charleroi, Liège, Ostend-Bruges Lauda Air Seasonal charter: Graz, Innsbruck, Linz, Salzburg Luxair Seasonal charter: Luxembourg Malév Hungarian Airlines Seasonal: Budapest [begins 16 July] Monarch Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick, Manchester Niki Seasonal: Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal charter: Oslo-Gardermoen Novair Seasonal charter: Gothenburg-Landvetter[citation needed], Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Malmö[citation needed] Olympic Air Astypalaia, Athens, Heraklion, Karpathos, Kasos, Kastelorizo, Leros, Sitia, Thessaloniki Orenair Seasonal: Chelyabinsk Primera Air Seasonal charter: Stockholm-Arlanda Ryanair Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Bologna, Bremen, Brussels-Charleroi, Cagliari, Hahn, Kaunas, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Pisa, Rome-Ciampino, Stockholm-Skavsta, Weeze Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Bergen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda Sky Express Seasonal: Chios, Heraklion, Mytilene, Samos, Tel Aviv Sky Wings Charter Seasonal Birmingham SmartWings Seasonal Bratislava, Brno, Košice, Ostrava, Prague Strategic Airlines Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick, Manchester Sun d'Or
operated by El AlSeasonal: Tel Aviv Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Zurich Swiss International Air Lines
operated by Edelweiss AirSeasonal: Zurich Tarom Seasonal: Bucharest-Henri Coanda Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal Charter: Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Seasonal charter: Bergen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Karlstad, Oslo-Gardermoen, Sandefjord, Stockholm-Arlanda,Helsinki Thomson Airways Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Transaero Seasonal charter: Moscow-Sheremetyevo [12] Transavia.com Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven Transavia.com France Seasonal: Paris-Orly Travel Service Hungary Seasonal: Budapest Travel Service operated by SmartWings Seasonal: Bratislava TUIfly Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken TUIfly Nordic Seasonal charter: Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda,Helsinki Viking Hellas Seasonal: Belfast-International, Izmir, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Manchester, Nantes, Tel Aviv, Verona White Airways Seasonal: Lisbon[citation needed] 
An El Al Boeing 747-400 at Rhodes International Airport, Greece (2009)References
- ^ Jeppesen aerodrome charts
- ^ a b "Rhodes Airport Statistical Data (Excel file)". HCAA. http://www.hcaa.gr/.
- ^ "Rhodes Diagoras International Airport History, Facts and Overview". Airports Guides. http://www.airports-guides.com/. http://www.rhodes-rho.airports-guides.com/rho_history.html. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ Rhodes Airport Website
- ^ CHAA - Airport tranportation
- ^ Airport website, Transport options
- ^ "Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport flight schedule". http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/ADP/en-GB/Passagers/flight-timetable-airline/Flight-information/flight-search.htm?City=RHO&Country=GR&HoursId=0&DtStart=2011050100&DtEnd=2011050200&IsArr=True&FlightSearch=false&lang=en. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Moscow Domodedovo airport flight schedule". http://www.domodedovo.ru/en/main/timetablenew/index.asp. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Moscow Domodedovo airport flight schedule". http://www.svo.aero/en/timetable/season-timetable/rhodes/. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Germania scheduled flights". http://www.flygermania.de/en/destinations_and_timetables/flight_schedules/. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Hello scheduled charter flights from/to Rhodes". http://www.hello.ch/destinationen.html?L=1&tx_chsimplehello_pi1%5Bdestination%5D=13. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Moscow Domodedovo airport flight schedule". http://www.svo.aero/en/timetable/season-timetable/rhodes/. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
External links
- Greek Airports: Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras"
- Greek Airport Guide: Rodos Airport, "Diagoras"
- Airport information for LGRP at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Airport Website
- HCAA - Rodos Airport 'Diagoras'
Categories:- Airports in Greece
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