Triodos Airport ( el, Αεροδρόμιο Τριόδου), also known as Triodhon Airport, is an

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in the

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of Messenia in

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. It is located from the town of

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and from the city Kalamata. Triodos Airport was used for 20 years for civil aviation. Due to the need for a longer runway, on 19 July 1970 flying operations were transferred to the Kalamata International Airport. Today, it is used for

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and radio-controlled aircraft.

Facilities

The airport has an

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of above

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. It has one

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designated 16/34 with an

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surface measuring .

Nearest airports

The three nearest airports are:Airports near Triodon Airport
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Kalamata Airport Kalamata International Airport ( el, Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας) "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos" is an airport in the city of Kalamata, Greece. It mainly receives flights during the summer. In March 2013, A ...

– southeast *

Sparti Airport Sparta Airport ( el, Αεροδρόμιο Σπάρτης) is a military airport located south of Sparta ( el, Σπάρτη), a municipality in the regional unit of Laconia in Greece. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean ...

– east-southeast *

Tripolis Airport Tripoli Airport is a military airbase situated in Tripoli, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the c ...

– northeast

References

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