Athens International Airport, "Eleftherios Venizelos" (Greek: Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών, "Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος") or Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (IATA: ATH, ICAO: LGAV) began operation in March 2001, serves the city of Athens in Greece. It is located between the towns of Markopoulo, Koropi, Spata and Loutsa, about 20 km east of Athens city centre (30 km by road, due to intervening hills). The airport is named after Eleftherios Venizelos, the Cretan politician and Prime Minister of Greece, who was prominent in the Cretan rising against the Ottoman occupation of Crete in 1896. An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a meter. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... There are communities that have the name Markopoulo in Greece (Greek, Modern: Μαρκόπουλο/ Ancient/Katharevousa: Markopoulon): Markopoulo, a suburban town of Athens. ... Koropi is also a village in the prefecture of Magnesia, see Koropi (Magnesia), Greece Koropi (Greek, Modern: Κορωπί, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), is a suburb in the eastern part of Athens, Greece. ... Spata (Greek: Σπάτα), is a suburb in the eastern part of Athens, Greece. ... Artemis, Artemida (Greek, Modern: Αρτεμίδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -str) or Loutsa (Greek: Λούτσα) is a suburban town in east Attica, approximately 25 km east of Athens, S of Rafina, NE of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, E of the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 65) and N of Lavrio. ... Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Greek statesman and diplomat. ... Crete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti, Turkish: Girit) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (the Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Sogut (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanli Dynasty... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The runways are approximately 4 kilometres in length. The Airport was developed by public-private partnership. Greece holds 55% of the shares. It is considered one of the most expensive airports in Europe since its restaurants and cafes have to pay a very high rent. The Airport was honoured with the title of "European Airport of the Year 2004", within the framework of the annual Institute of Transport Management (ITM) Awards, for its innovative entrepreneurial scheme and the airport's successful operation and achievements.

In 2005, the airport served 14.3M passengers, 4.5% more than in 2004.

A rail station immediately adjacent to the airport terminal (and accessible by an elevated walkway) was completed in time for the 2004 Olympics. The station is served by line 3 of the Athens Metro and by the Proastiakos suburban train service. The airport is also accessible by Attiki Odos Motorway. The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. ... Refurbished metro station in Maroussi, Athens. ... Proastiakos train in Athens Central Railway Station The Proastiakos (Greek: Προαστιακός meaning literally the Suburban) is the suburban railway system of Athens, Greece. ...

Robotic security

The new airport is equipped with two robotic systems (robots "Hercules" and "Ulysses") capable of handling suspect devices, designed to protect the lives of individuals as well as airport spaces, by safely identifying and removing explosives.

Hercules was donated by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation to the airport. It is a system worth approximately €170,000, manufactured by Soukos Robots ABEE. Hercules is capable of the safe collection and transportation of explosives for disposal. It is equipped with a spherical shaped tank with a diameter of 120 cm, and two robotic folding arms.

Ulysses is a system worth €94,000, donated by Soukos Robots ABEE. This system was manufactured in order to serve as a supplement to Hercules, allowing entrance in difficult access areas such as toilets, buses or aircraft. It is a light but highly efficient robot, equipped with a shock-absorbing system allowing movements on rough surfaces.

Airlines

• Ada-Air
• Aegean Airlines (Alexandroupolis, Chania, Chios, Corfu, Frankfurt, Ioannina, Munich, Mytilene, Stuttgart, Heraklion, Kavala, Kos, Larnaca, Dusseldorf, Milan-Malpensa, Munich, Mykonos, Rhodes, Rome-Fiumicino, Santorini, Thessaloniki)
• Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
• Aerosvit Airlines (Kiev)
• Air Berlin (Berlin-Tegel)
• Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
• Air Malta (Luqa)
• Air Moldova (Chisinau)
• Air Zena Georgian (Tbilisi)
• Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
• Alpi Eagles (Venice)
• Armenian International
• Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
• Blue Line (Marseille)
• British Airways (London-Heathrow)
• CSA Czech Airlines (Prague)
• Cyprus Airways (Larnaca)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta (starting May 29, 2006), New York-JFK)
• Donbassaero Airlines
• EasyJet (London-Gatwick, London-Luton)
• EgyptAir (Cairo)
• El Al (Tel Aviv)
• Emirates (Dubai)
• Excel Airways (London-Gatwick)
• Germanwings (Cologne/Bonn)
• Gulf Air (Abu Dhabi, Bahrain)
• Hapag-Lloyd
• Hellas Jet (London-Gatwick)
• Hemus Air (Sofia)
• Iberia (Barcelona, Madrid)
• Iran Air
• Jat Airways (Belgrade)
• KLM (Amsterdam)
• Kuwait Airways (Dubai, Kuwait City)
• LOT Polish (Warsaw)
• LTU International (Dusseldorf, Thessaloniki)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
• Luxair (Luxembourg)
• Maersk Air (Copenhagen)
• MALÉV Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
• Middle East Airlines Liban (Beirut)
• Olympic Airlines (Alexandria, Alexandroupolis, Amsterdam, Astypalaia, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin-Tegel, Brussels, Bucharest, Cairo, Corfu/Kerkyra, Chania, Chios, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Heraklion, Ikaria, Ioannina, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Karpathos, Kasos, Kastelorizo, Kastoria, Kavala, Kefalonia, Kithira, Kos, Kozani, Kuwait, Larnaca, Leros, Limnos, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Milos, Montréal, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, Mykonos, Mytilene, Naxos, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paros, Preveza, Rhodes, Rome-Fiumicino, Samos, Santorini, Sitia, Skiathos, Skyros, Sofia, Stuttgart, Syros, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Toronto, Vienna, Zakynthos)
• Pulkovo Aviation (St. Petersburg)
• Qatar Airways (Doha)
• Royal Jordanian (Amman)
• SAS (Copenhagen)
• Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah)
• Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
• Skyeurope Airlines
• Swiss International Airlines (Geneva, Zurich)
• Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus)
• TAROM (Bucharest)
• Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
• Turkish Airlines (Istanbul)
• Tunisair (Istanbul, Tunis)
• Uzbekistan Airlines (Tashkent)
• Viking Airlines (Metz-Nancy, Strasbourg)
• Virgin Express (Brussels)
• Wizzair (Budapest, Katowice)

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External links

• Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos (official site)
• Greek Airports: Athens International Airport, "Eleftherios Venizelos"
• Greek Airport Guide: Athens International Airport, "Eleftherios Venizelos"
• World Aero Data on this airport (LGAV)
• Street map from Multimap
• Satellite image from TerraServer

Incidents connected to the Airport

• On August 14, 2005 Helios Airways Flight 522, a Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 registered 5B-DBY crashed en route from Larnaca Airport, Cyprus to ATH, near Grammatikon, Attica