Athens International Airport

Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος»
Aerial view of Athens International Airport
IATA: ATH ICAO: LGAV WMO: 16716
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Athens International Airport S.A.
Serves	Athens
Location	Spata, Attica, Greece
Opened	28 March 2001; 23 years ago (2001-03-28)
Hub for	Aegean Airlines Olympic Air
Operating base for	Ryanair Sky Express Volotea
Built	Hochtief, GEK Terna
Elevation AMSL	308 ft / 94 m
Coordinates	37°56′11″N 23°56′50″E / 37.93639°N 23.94722°E / 37.93639; 23.94722
Website	www.aia.gr
Map
ATH Location in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03R/21L 13,123 4,000 Asphalt 03L/21R 12,467 3,800 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 28,174,150 Passenger traffic change 24.0% Aircraft movements 241,604 Aircraft movements change 13.2%
Sources: AIA Statistics[1]

Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (IATA: ATH, ICAO: LGAV), commonly initialised as AIA, is the largest international airport in Greece, serving the city of Athens and region of Attica. It began operation on 28 March 2001 (in time for the 2004 Summer Olympics) and is the main base of Aegean Airlines, as well as other smaller Greek airlines. It replaced the old Ellinikon International Airport.^[2]

Athens International Airport is currently a member of Group 1 of Airports Council International (over 25 million passengers).^[3] As of 2023^[update], it is the 18th-busiest airport in Europe and the second busiest and second largest in the Balkans, after Istanbul Airport.

The new Athens International Airport covers an expanse of 16,000 acres (25.0 sq mi; 64.7 km²), making the facility among the largest in Europe and in the world in terms of land area.^[4]