Kithira Island National Airport

Kythira National Airport "Alexandros Aristotelous Onassis" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κυθήρων " Αλέξανδρος Αριστοτέλους Ωνάσης"
IATA: KIT – ICAO: LGKC KIT Location of airport in Greece
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority
Serves	Kithira
Location	Kithira
Elevation AMSL	1,045 ft / 319 m
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 02/20 4,794 1,461 Asphalt
Statistics (2003)
Arrivals 8,877 Departures 9,929 Cargo (tonnes) 33 Flights 576

Kithira Island National Airport is an airport in Kithira, Greece (IATA: KIT, ICAO: LGKC). The airport was renovated in 1998 and the terminal and control tower were rebuilt. Olympic Air operates scheduled flights to Athens several times a week, while charter flights are common in the summer. Sky Express, a domestic Greek Airline offers three flights per week to Corfu, via Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Preveza. Travel to Kythira by airplane is considered the most reliable method of transportation to the island since it is less affected by the strong winds that prevent ferry boat transit. The airport opened in 1972.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Astra Airlines	Seasonal: Thessaloniki
Danish Air Transport	Seasonal charter: Billund
Aegean Airlines	Athens
Sky Express	Zakynthos
Transavia	Seasonal charter: Amsterdam

See also

• Transport in Greece

References

• Kithira National Airport "Alexandros Aristotelous Onassis"

External links

• Airport information for LGKC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.