The airport is surrounded by the charming locales of Mykonos, named after the local hero, Mykonos, the offspring of the war god Apollo. The Mykonos Airport is one of the busiest airports in Greece, with thousands of visitors disembarking everyday in order to enjoy the throbbing night life of this city. The Mykonos airport and the area around it are seeped with history. According to mythology, Mykonos was the location of the battle between Zeus and the Titan. Another legend has it that Hercules having defeated the giants threw them into the sea, where they turned into huge boulders of rocks. These came to be known as the Mykonos.

Mykonos Airport

As Chania Airport does directly serve international flights, there is a full customs inspections service operating.

Checking your bags through? The airport code on the tags should be CHQ or LGSA.

The operations office telephone is 30 282106 3418 or 30 28210 83803.

Getting to Chania from the Airport
There is a bus into Chania costing 1 Euro though the schedule varies and the bus stop is just outside the airport itself. A taxi will cost about 16 Euro, an appalling price for what is a quick trip but it may be your best option.

Chania is especially popular with Americans visiting relatives stationed at the Souda Bay base nearby. It handles about a million and a half visitors annually. Many of these are charter flights run by UK package travel companies; sometimes excess seats on these flights are sold off cheaply. You can investigate this here. Thomsonfly also offers flights to Chania.

Chania Airport, Greece, GR-731 00 Chania, Greece
Tel: (Airport Operations) +30 2821 06 3418, +30 2821 08 3803
Tel: (Airport Manager) +30 2821 06 3224, +30 2821 08 3801
Tel: (Communications) +30 2821 06 3245, +30 2821 08 3800
Fax: +30 2821 06 6100
email: kaxntl@otenet.gr
Telex: (Communications) 0291 144
SITA: CHQKMOA
AFTN: LGSAYDYX
Managing Director: Alexandros Panagiotopoulos +30 2821 08 3801
Operations Director: Em Haralambakis +30 2821 08 3803
Air Traffic Controller: I Hadjia Nastassiou +30 2821 06 3990
Public Relations Manager: Em Haralambakis
Security Manager: E Kastanakis +30 2821 08 3803
Operator: Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority/Hel Air Force

Airport Data: International, Chania 15km (9miles), Position 35°31´54″N, 024°08´59″E, Elevation 149m (488ft), Operating hours As per Notam (Win 04:00-21:00 Sum 03:00-21:00), 1 Passenger Terminal, 6 Aircraft Stands

Customs Tel: +30 2821 06 6000, +30 2821 08 3816
Fax: +30 2821 08 9177
Customs Hours: As Airport

Airfield Data: Fire Category 7
Navigational Aids: VOR-DME, NDB, TACAN
Airfield Restrictions: Military airfield
Runway 1: Heading 11/29, 3 347m (10 980ft), 53/F/B/X/U, ICAO Cat. 4D, Aircraft size max: DC-10, MD-11, Lighting: Threshold, Edge, End, LIH – PAPIS

Airlines Serving Airport: Aegean Airlines, Olympic

Cargo Facilities: Domestic Cargo Only, Refrigerated Storage, Mortuary, Health Officials, X-Ray Equipment, Military Airfield – see AIP Greece AGA 2-4-3, 1-3

Passenger Facilities: Annual Capacity 1 330 000, 12 check-in desks, 5 gates, 3 baggage claim belts, 240 short term parking spaces, 100 long term parking spaces, Post Office, Bank, Bureau de Change, Bars, VIP Lounge, Duty Free Shop, Newsagent/Tobacconist, Gift Shop, Travel Agent, Tourist Help Desk, Car Rental, Taxi Service/Rank, First Aid, Baby/Parent Room, Disabled Access/Facilities

chania airport

Many flights to and from Athens are effectuated every day and flights from Thessaloniki are available three times a week.

One can reach or leave the airport by local bus or by one of the many taxis that are waiting outside.

Corfu

Corfu, known also as Kerkyra, is the northernmost of the Ionian Islands in Greece. Located off of the far northwest coast of the country, Corfu lies in the Adriatic sea, east of Italy and southwest of Albania. Historically Corfu has been controlled by many foreign powers, notably the Venetians, and British. The climate of the archipelago of Corfu is warm mediterranean. The summer here is warm and relatively dry with a blue sky, often cooled by seasonal breezes, offering the ideal conditions for surfing, while rarely is it interrupted by rains. The mountainous areas are cooler. The winter here is mild. Rainfall occurs mainly from November till March. On average, there are 3000 hours of sun per year with an average daily sunshine duration of 8.5 hours.

Corfu By plane

Corfu “Ioannis Kapodistrias” airport (IATA) is served by several airlines. Year-round both Aegean and Olympic airlines have flights to Athens. In the high season (roughly easter through October), other airlines including German Wings, Easyjet, Air Belin, TuiFly, LTU, Transavia and Wizzair serve the island.

website: Corfu Airport

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Santorini was united with Greece in 1912. Its major settlements include Fira (Phira), Oia, Emporio, Kamari, Imerovigli, Pyrgos, and Therasia, and Akrotiri is a major archaeological site with ruins from the Minoan era. The island has no rivers and water is scarce; until the early 1990s locals filled water cisterns from the rain that fell on roofs and courts, from small springs, and with imported assistance from other areas of Greece. In recent years a desalination plant has provided running, yet non-potable, water to most houses. The island’s pumice quarries have been closed since 1986, in order to preserve the caldera, while it remains the home of a small, but flourishing, wine industry, based on the indigenous grape variety, Assyrtiko; vines of the Assyrtiko variety are extremely old and prove resistant to phylloxera, attributed by local winemakers to the well-drained volcanic soil and its chemistry, and the soil needed no replacement during the great phylloxera epidemic of the early 20th century. In their adaptation to their habitat, such vines are planted far apart, as their principal source of moisture is dew, and they often are trained in the shape of low-spiralling baskets, with the grapes hanging inside to protect them from the winds. Also unique to the island is the red, sweet, and extremely strong Vinsanto; white wines from the island are extremely dry with a strong, citrus scent, and the ashy volcanic soil gives the white wines a slightly sulphurous flavour much like Vinsanto. It is not easy to be a winegrower in Santorini; the hot and dry climatological conditions give the soil a low productivity. The yield per acre is only 10 to 20% of the yields that are common in France and California. The island’s primary industry is tourism, particularly in the summer months.

The capital is Thira. Santorini is 63 miles from the island of Crete. The total population is 13,600

official website: santorini airport