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Naxos Island National Airport

Naxos Island National Airport

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Νάξου
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationNaxos
Elevation AMSL10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates37°04′52″N 25°22′05″E / 37.08111°N 25.36806°E / 37.08111; 25.36806
Map
JNX is located in Greece
JNX
JNX
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 2,957 901 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers86,210
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 52.2%
Aircraft movements2,420
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 37.8%

Naxos Island National Airport is an airport in Naxos, Greece (IATA: JNX, ICAO: LGNX).[1] It is located near Agios Prokopios, 3 km from Naxos City. The airport opened in 1992.[2]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Naxos Island Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Thessaloniki[3]
Olympic Air Athens
Sky Express Athens

Expansion plan 2023-2025

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Construction progress May 2024
Arriving ATR 42-600 to RWY18

The airport is undergoing a 17 Million Euro expensive expansion plan at the moment with constructions being half way done. The expansion is crucial to enhance flight safety, especially during the peak operations period in summer. At the moment the operated ATR 72-600 by Sky Express cannot operate fully loaded on the 900m runway.

The expansion plan includes following:[4]

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at JNX airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents and incidents

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Naxos - Greece".
  2. ^ "Naxos Airport |". Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  3. ^ "Aegean: "Ανοίγει" πτήσεις απευθείας για Νάξο, Άμστερνταμ από Θεσσαλονίκη". 14 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Naxos Airport runway expansion and improvement project".
  5. ^ "Incident: Olympic Air AT42 near Paros on Dec 12th 2009, approached wrong airport". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Naxos airport shuts after airplane accident". Greek News. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Accident: Sky Express AT42 at Naxos on Jul 12th 2019, runway excursion on backtrack for departure". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 13 July 2019.