Patras Araxos Airport
Araxos Airport is the airport of Patras, the third-largest city in Greece. It serves as a combined civilian and military airport and is located near its namesake, the village of Araxos, Achaea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: civil/military airport in Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Araxos AB Airport”, “Araxos Airport”, “GPA”, “LGRX”, and “Patras International Airport ‘Araxos’”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dymaean Wall and Prokopos Lagoon.
Dymaean Wall
Castle
Photo: Siga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Teichus or Teichos, also known as Teichus/Teichos of the Dymaeans or Kalogria Castle, was a prehistoric acropolis in the territory of Dyme, in ancient Achaea, Greece, near the promontory Araxus, which was said to have been built by Heracles, when he made war upon the Eleans.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Araxos and Lakkopetra.
Araxos
Village
Araxos is a village and community in Larissos municipal unit, within West Achaea, in northwestern Achaea, Greece. It is located about 29 km southwest of Patras.
Lakkopetra
Village
Lakkopetra is a village and a community in the northeastern part of the municipal unit of Larissos, northwestern Achaea, Greece. The community consists of the villages Lakkopetra, Ioniki Akti, Karnari and Limanaki.
Metochi
Village
Metochi is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Larissos, western Achaea, Greece. The community consists of the villages Metochi, Vouprasio, Neo Vouprasio and Lappas.
Patras Araxos Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, joint-use aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: West Achaea, Achaea, West Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.15116° or 38° 9′ 4″ northLongitude
21.42546° or 21° 25′ 32″ eastElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Operator
Υπηρεσία Πολιτικής ΑεροπορίαςIATA airport code
GPAICAO airport code
LGRXUnited Nations Location Code
GR ARXOpen location code
8GC35C2G+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 31554598OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Patras Araxos Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Araxos Airport”
- Chinese: “帕特雷”
- Chinese: “帕特雷機場”
- Chinese: “阿拉索斯機場”
- Dutch: “Luchthaven Araxos”
- Finnish: “Áraxoksen lentoasema”
- French: “aérodrome de Grèce”
- French: “Aéroport d’Araxos”
- French: “aéroport d’Áraxos”
- French: “Aéroport d’Áraxos”
- French: “GPA”
- French: “LGRX”
- German: “Flughafen Araxos”
- Greek: “Αεροδρόμιο Αράξου”
- Greek: “Αεροπορική Βάση Αράξου”
- Greek: “ΚΑΑΞ”
- Greek: “Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Αράξου”
- Hungarian: “Araxos repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “GPA”
- Indonesian: “LGRX”
- Italian: “aeroporto di Araxos”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Araxos”
- Japanese: “アラクソス空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Araxos AB”
- Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Araxos”
- Persian: “فرودگاه آراکسوس”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Araksos”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Araxos”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Araxos”
- Russian: “Араксос (аэропорт)”
- Russian: “Араксос”
- Russian: “аэропорт Араксос”
- Swedish: “Araxos Airport”
- Swedish: “Araxos flygplats”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ороксус”
- Turkish: “Araksos Ulusal Havalimanı”
- Ukrainian: “Аеропорт Араксос”
- Ukrainian: “Араксос”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Araxos”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Archaeological site of Dymaean Wall and Dymaean Wall.
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