Santorini International Airport

Santorini International Airport
Airport entrance in 2019, before renovations completed in 2021
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek State
OperatorFraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
ServesSantorini
LocationKamari
Elevation AMSL127 ft (39 m)
Coordinates36°24′03″N 025°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 (2024)
Passengers2,877,122
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 3.7%
Aircraft movements23,676
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 1.9%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]

Santorini International Airport (Greek: Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης) (IATA: JTR, ICAO: LGSR) is an airport in Santorini, 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 (15/33) 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 A320 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

Kamari town and Santorini International Airport
The airport as seen from Pyrgos Kallistis in May 2024

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 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 International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens[5]
Seasonal: Heraklion,[6] Istanbul,[7] Rhodes,[8] Thessaloniki[9]
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin[10]
Aeroitalia Seasonal: Salerno[11]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[12]
AirBaltic Seasonal: Riga[13]
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade[14]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[15]
Bluebird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv[16]
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow[17]
Cyprus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca[18]
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt,[19] Munich[20]
EasyJet Seasonal: Bristol,[21] Geneva,[22] London–Gatwick,[23] Manchester,[24] Milan–Malpensa,[22] Naples,[25] Nice[26]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich[27]
Etihad Airways Seasonal: Abu Dhabi[28]
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[29] Düsseldorf,[30] Hamburg,[31] Stuttgart[32]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki[33]
Flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International[34]
Flynas Seasonal: Riyadh[35]
Gulf Air Seasonal: Bahrain[36]
Iberia Express Seasonal: Madrid[37]
IsrairSeasonal: Tel Aviv[38]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham,[39] Edinburgh,[40] Leeds/Bradford (begins 6 May 2027),[41] London–Stansted,[39] Manchester[39]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich[42]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[43]
Neos Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa,[44] Verona[44]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen,[45] Oslo,[46] Stockholm–Arlanda[47]
Ryanair Seasonal: Athens,[48] Bari,[49] Dublin,[50] Gdańsk,[51] Kraków,[52] London–Stansted,[53] Milan Bergamo,[54] Milan–Malpensa,[55] Naples,[56] Rome–Fiumicino,[57] Vienna[58]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen[59] Oslo[60]
Seasonal charter: Stockholm–Arlanda[61]
Sky Express Athens[62]
Smartwings Seasonal: Prague[63]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[64]
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam,[65] Brussels,[66] Lyon,[67] Nantes,[68] Paris–Orly[69]
TUI Airways Seasonal: Manchester[70]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels[71]
Volotea Seasonal: Bari,[72] Marseille,[73] Naples,[74] Palermo,[75] Venice[76]
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona[77]
Wizz Air Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni,[78] Budapest,[79] London–Gatwick,[80] Naples,[81] Rome–Fiumicino,[82] Warsaw–Chopin[83]

Statistics

The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[84] until 2016, and from the airport's official website from 2017 thereafter.[85]

Santorini Airport Passenger Traffic
Year Domestic
passengers		 Domestic
% change		 International
passengers		 International
% change		 Total
passengers		 Total
% change
1994 175,152 n/a Steady 225,896 n/a Steady 401,048 n/a Steady
1995 188,461 7.6 Increase 257,978 14.2 Increase 446,439 11.3 Increase
1996 188,778 0.2 Increase 246,680 4.4 Decrease 435,458 2.5 Decrease
1997 208,195 10.3 Increase 263,735 6.9 Increase 471,930 8.4 Increase
1998 209,505 0.6 Increase 286,809 8.8 Increase 496,314 5.2 Increase
1999 225,160 7.5 Increase 353,193 23.2 Increase 578,353 16.5 Increase
2000 302,072 34.2 Increase 373,428 5.7 Increase 675,500 16.8 Increase
2001 288,084 4.6 Decrease 387,659 3.8 Increase 675,743 <0.1 Increase
2002 221,040 23.3 Decrease 357,797 7.7 Decrease 578,837 14.3 Decrease
2003 207,695 6.0 Decrease 326,232 8.8 Decrease 533,927 7.8 Decrease
2004 245,577 18.2 Increase 302,564 7.3 Decrease 548,141 2.7 Increase
2005 269,371 9.7 Increase 341,913 13.0 Increase 611,284 11.5 Increase
2006 316,973 17.7 Increase 361,262 5.7 Increase 678,235 11.0 Increase
2007 359,950 13.6 Increase 386,724 7.1 Increase 746,674 10.1 Increase
2008 360,670 0.2 Increase 371,484 3.9 Decrease 732,154 2.0 Decrease
2009 356,040 1.3 Decrease 343,068 7.7 Decrease 699,108 4.5 Decrease
2010 354,872 0.3 Decrease 367,283 7.1 Increase 722,155 3.3 Increase
2011 377,473 6.4 Increase 408,074 11.1 Increase 785,547 8.8 Increase
2012 358,468 5.0 Decrease 405,071 0.7 Decrease 763,539 2.8 Decrease
2013 403,687 12.6 Increase 494,466 22.1 Increase 898,153 17.6 Increase
2014 548,274 35.8 Increase 631,534 27.7 Increase 1,179,808 31.4 Increase
2015 771,193 40.7 Increase 724,697 14.8 Increase 1,495,890 26.8 Increase
2016 897,231 16.3 Increase 788,464 8.8 Increase 1,685,695 12.7 Increase
2017 1,022,117 13.9 Increase 908,894 12.3 Increase 1,928,295 13.1 Increase
2018 1,186,904 16.1 Increase 1,068,022 17.5 Increase 2,254,926 16.8 Increase
2019 1,228,840 3.5 Increase 1,071,568 0.3 Increase 2,300,408 2.0 Increase
2020 283,764 76.9 Decrease 289,199 73.0 Decrease 572,963 75.1 Decrease
2021 561,780 98.0 Increase 984,804 240.5 Increase 1,546,584 169.9 Increase
2022 1,061,360 88.9 Increase 1,683,290 70.9 Increase 2,744,650 77.5 Increase
2023 1,259,564 18.7 Increase 1,516,241 9.9 Decrease 2,775,805 1.1 Increase
2024 1,336,326 5.9 Increase 1,543,796 1.8 Increase 2,877,122 3.7 Increase
2025 1,085,988 18.6 Decrease 1,332,231 13.7 Decrease 2,418,219 16.0 Decrease

Traffic statistics by country (2022)

Traffic by country at Santorini International Airport – 2022[86]
Place Country Total passengers
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

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