Ikaria Island National Airport
Ikaria Island National Airport Ikaros is an airport on Ikaria Island, Greece. The airport was opened on 14 June 1995 with two weekly flights from Olympic Airlines, on the Dornier 228 aircraft.Photo: Catenaccio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Greece
- Also known as: “Ikaria Airport”, “Ikaria National Airport ‘Icarus’”, “JIK”, and “LGIK”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drakanon.
Drakanon
Archaeological site
Photo: Sylva-ae, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dracanum or Drakanon was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Icaria. It was located on the easternmost point of the island, on a cape of the same name.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faros and Perdiki.
Faros
Village
Faros is a village at the southeast end of the island of Ikaria, Greece. It is located on a small plain home to many vineyards. Its beach is two miles long.
Perdiki
Village
Perdiki is a village in the northeastern corner of the Greek island of Icaria. Perched up in the mountains, it houses 348 residents in small houses tucked into the forests.
Therma
Village
Therma is a spa town on the island of Icaria in Greece. According to a study conducted by the University of Thessaloniki, the saline hot mineral springs of Icaria contain the largest concentration of radon in Greece, being also among the most radioactive springs in the world. Therma is situated 8 km southwest of Ikaria Island National Airport.
Ikaria Island National Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Ikaria, Samos Prefecture, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.68294° or 37° 40′ 59″ northLongitude
26.34684° or 26° 20′ 49″ eastElevation
30 metres (98 feet)Inception
1995IATA airport code
JIKICAO airport code
LGIKOpen location code
8G98M8MW+5POpenStreetMap ID
way 114577061OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
7668311Wikidata ID
Q3086468
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Ikaria Island National Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ikaria Airport”
- Finnish: “Ikarían lentoasema”
- French: “aérodrome de Agios Kirykos”
- French: “aérodrome de Grèce”
- French: “aéroport d’Icarie”
- French: “Aéroport d’Icarie”
- French: “Ikaria Airport”
- French: “Iκαρίας”
- French: “JIK”
- French: “Α. ΙΚΑΡΙΑΣ ‘ΙΚΑΡΟΣ”
- German: “Ikaria Flughafen”
- Greek: “Αεροδρόμιο Ικαρίας”
- Greek: “ΚΑΙΡ”
- Greek: “Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ικαρίας ‘Ίκαρος’”
- Greek: “Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ικαρίας «Ίκαρος»”
- Greek: “Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ικαρίας”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Nasional Pulau Ikaria”
- Indonesian: “JIK”
- Indonesian: “LGIK”
- Japanese: “イカリア空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Ikaria”
- Persian: “فرودگاه ملی جزیره ایکاریا”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Ikaria”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Național Ikaria”
- Swedish: “Ikaria Airport”
- Swedish: “Ikarias flygplats”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи миллӣ ҷазира оикорио”
- Turkish: “İkarya Ulusal Havalimanı”
- Ukrainian: “Ікарія”
- Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт острів Ікарія”
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