ARAXOS AIRPORT

Araxos has a small school, a church, and a square (plateia). Residential houses and buildings align with the road. The length is about 1 km and the width is only 40 to 50 m in average.
Much of Araxos and the community are deforested. Farmlands dominate the south, the southeast and east. Forests are founded in the southwest, the north, around Araxos, the south and within the military airport. Rocky landscape and some forests are to the west as part of Mavro Oro (Greek: Μαύρο Όρος, meaning Black Mountain). It has an around 150 m tall mountain running southwest to northeast and an around 286 m mountaintop to the west. It also has a mountain range running south to north with a length of around 5 km and is mainly cliffy in the south. Another small mountain is in the northeast with the range running south to north with a tower on top of the mountain. The Pappa Lagoon which runs southwest then south to north is in the north and is only 100 m from the Araxos - Lakkopetra Road.
In the 1960s, construction of a military airport began. The 116 Combat was established in the area, which in turn, hosted the NATO 345 Air Munitions Company. The runway length is 4 km and is run south to north. The military buildings are in the north and is accessed with a road to Lakkopetra in the north. Araxos is the closest airport to the city of Patras. During the summer time, it serves a few civilian flights from northern Europe. It is accessed next to the road south for E55. The airport code is GPA or less common LGRX. LGRX is the NATO designated code for the airport. The airport is located nearly 1 km east of the centre.

Υπηρεσία Πολιτικής Αεροπορίας
Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority
Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Αράξου
Araxos National Airport
Tel./Τηλ. : +30 26930 23598
FAX  : +30 26930 51524
TELEX :0312393 LGRX GR
Ε-mail :kaaxtl@otenet.gr

  Αεροπορικές Εταιρείες
  Airlines

ΑΕΡOLLOYD, HAPAGLLOYD, LTU, SOBELAIR,  TYROLEAN, STAR AIRLINES, TRAVEL SERVICE. 

  Οδική Σύνδεση
  Transportation

With Taxi and Buses  from/to Patra city  Buses from/to Araxos city

  Γραφείο πληροφοριών
  Information services

+30 26930 23598

  Εστιατόρια/Καφετέριες
  Restaurants/cafeterias

2 Κυλικεία - 2 luncheonettes

  Ταχυδρομική Διεύθυνση
  Postal Address

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Αράξου 
Τ.Κ. 25200 ΚΑΤΩ ΑΧΑΙΑ
Araxos National Airport
25200 KATO AHAIA

  Διοίκηση Αερολιμένα
  Airport Manager

Σ.  Μπελέκου - S.Belekou
Tel./Τηλ. :  +30 26930 23598
FAX  : +30 26930 51524
Ε-mail : kaaxtl@otenet.gr

  Araxos airport- kastro kyllini
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