Porto Cheli Airfield was a private airfield located near

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. It belongs to company T. Alexiou S.A. and it has ceased operations since 2008. Portoheliairfield

History

The airfield mainly operated during the 1960s and 1970s. It belonged to businessman Tasos Alexiou. During the

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, there was interest in construction of a new airport closer to

, but it was never realized due to scandalous compensations that were given. In 2004,

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closed the airport due to required maintenance issues and in 2008 that the airfield's certificate expired, it was not renewed, thus closing the airport indefinitely. In June 2022 the land was sold to

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, who is the largest shareholder and chairman of

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., for an estimated amount of €50Μ. which is the most expensive land sell ever been in Greece.

References

Aerial photos
of the airport and surrounding property.
Dedicated album
with multimedia from the airport Airports in Greece Defunct airports in Greece Buildings and structures in Argolis Transport infrastructure in Peloponnese (region) Airports disestablished in 2004 {{Greece-airport-stub