Athinai
Ellinikon International Airport, sometimes spelled Hellinikon, was an international airport that served Athens, Greece, for 63 years. Following its closure on 28 March 2001, it was replaced by the new Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: 1938-2001 international airport serving Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “ATH”, “Athens International Airport”, “Athens-Ellinikon Airport”, “Ellinikon Airport”, “Ellinikón Airport”, “Ellinikon International Airport”, “Hassani Airport”, “Hellinikon Airport”, “HEW”, and “LGAT”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marina Agios Kosmas and Hellenikon Metropolitan Park.
Marina Agios Kosmas
Marina
The Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre hosted the sailing events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The center is located about four miles from downtown Athens along the coast. Marina Agios Kosmas is situated 1 km southwest of Athinai.
Hellenikon Metropolitan Park
The Hellinikon Metropolitan Park is an urban development under construction in Hellinikon, Athens, Greece, on the site of the former Hellenikon International Airport. Hellenikon Metropolitan Park is situated 1 km north of Athinai.The Ellinikon Experience Park
Park
Photo: StrangeTraveler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ellinikon Experience Park is situated 1½ km north of Athinai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glyfada and Alimos.
Glyfada
Suburb
Glyfada is a town and a suburb in the South Athens regional unit located in the Athens Riviera along the coast of the Saronic Gulf. It is situated in the southern parts of the Athens urban area. Glyfada is situated 2½ km southeast of Athinai.
Alimos
Suburb
Kalamaki was a seaside settlement, and current residential and commercial neighborhood within Alimos, a suburban town and a municipality in the South Athens regional unit within the Athens urban agglomeration. Alimos is situated 4 km northwest of Athinai.
Voula
Suburb
Photo: ESPON34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Voula is a southern suburb of Athens along the Athens coast and former municipality in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Voula is situated 4½ km southeast of Athinai.
Athinai
- Categories: international airport, former entity, and transportation
- Location: Elliniko-Argyroupoli, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Athinai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار إلينيكون الدولي”
- Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional d’El·linikó”
- Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional d’Ellinikon”
- Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional de Hellinikon”
- Chinese: “伊立康國際機場”
- Chinese: “埃利尼克國際機場”
- Chinese: “埃利尼康国际机场”
- Chinese: “埃利尼康國際機場”
- Chinese: “艾林尼科國際機場”
- Chinese: “雅典Ellinikon国际机场”
- Chinese: “雅典Ellinikon國際機場”
- Chinese: “雅典海蘭尼孔國際機場”
- Dutch: “Ellinikon International Airport”
- Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Ellinikon”
- Finnish: “Ellinikon kansainvälinen lentoasema”
- Finnish: “Ellinikón kansainvälinen lentoasema”
- French: “aéroport international d’Hellinikon”
- French: “Aéroport international d’Hellinikon”
- German: “Flughafen Athen-Ellinikon”
- German: “Hellinikon Airport”
- German: “Hellinikon”
- German: “LGAT”
- Greek: “Chóros Palaioú Aerodromíou Ellinikoú”
- Greek: “Αεροδρόμιο Ελληνικού”
- Greek: “Αεροδρόμιο του Ελληνικού”
- Greek: “Ανατολικό αεροδρόμιο Ελληνικού”
- Greek: “Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο Ελληνικού”
- Greek: “Δυτικό αεροδρόμιο Ελληνικού”
- Greek: “Στρατιωτικό αεροδρόμιο Ελληνικού (αμερικανική βάση)”
- Greek: “Στρατιωτικό αεροδρόμιο Ελληνικού (ελληνικό)”
- Greek: “Χώρος Παλαιού Αεροδρομίου Ελληνικού”
- Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי אליניקון”
- Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי אליניקון”
- Hindi: “हेलीनिकोन हवाई अड्डा”
- Hungarian: “Ellinikon nemzetközi repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “ATH”
- Indonesian: “HEW”
- Indonesian: “LGAT”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Atene-Ellinikon”
- Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Ellinikon”
- Italian: “Ellinikon International Airport”
- Japanese: “エリニコン国際空港”
- Korean: “엘리니콘 국제공항”
- Latvian: “Ellinikonas starptautiskā lidosta”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Hellinikon”
- Newari: “हेलीनिकोन विमानस्थल”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ellinikó internasjonale lufthamn”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بینالمللی الینیکو”
- Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Ellinikon”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Ellinikon”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Ellinikon”
- Russian: “Элиникон”
- Serbian: “Међународни аеродром Елиникон”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Elliniko”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Hellinikon”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Hellinikon”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Ellinikon”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto internacional de hellinikon”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Hellinikon”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Hellinikon”
- Spanish: “ATH”
- Spanish: “Diethnés Aerodrómio Ellinikoú”
- Spanish: “HEW”
- Spanish: “LGAT”
- Spanish: “Αεροδρόμιο του Ελληνικού”
- Spanish: “Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο Ελληνικού”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи биналмилалӣ олинику”
- Turkish: “Ellinikon Uluslararası Havalimanı”
- Ukrainian: “Афіни-Еллінікон”
- Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт Еллінікон”
- Urdu: “ایلینیکون بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Ellinikon”
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