# Athens Ellinikon International Airport, Athens, Greece

**Athens Ellinikon International Airport** was an airport in Athens, Attica, Greece. It opened in 1938. It closed on 28 Mar 2001. In 2000 it handled 13.3 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gr-0098

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Athens, Attica, Greece
- Opened: 1938
- Closed: 28 Mar 2001 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 21 m / 69 ft
- Coordinates: 37.8916, 23.7302
- Passengers: 13,347,914 (2000)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Athens
- Website: http://www.hcaa-eleng.gr/ath.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellinikon_International_Airport (28 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430898
- Weather station: LGAV
- Ident: GR-0098

## Timeline

- 1938: Athens Ellinikon International Airport opens.
- 8 Oct 1979: Swissair Flight 316. 14 killed.
- 28 Mar 2001: Athens Ellinikon International Airport closes.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1994 | 9,992,253 | Wikidata |
| 1995 | 9,924,089 | Wikidata |
| 1996 | 10,411,691 | Wikidata |
| 1997 | 11,090,053 | Wikidata |
| 1998 | 10,880,421 | Wikidata |
| 1999 | 11,770,795 | Wikidata |
| 2000 | 13,347,914 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

Former hub of [Olympic Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/olympic-airways), [TAE Greek National Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tae-greek-national-airlines), [Venus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/venus-airlines).

## Nearby airports

- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [LGEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgel.md) Elefsis Air Base · 24 km / 15 mi
- [LGTG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgtg.md) Tanagra Air Base · 52 km / 32 mi
- [JSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgsk.md) Skiathos Island National Airport · 144 km / 90 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #12

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Ellinikon International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ellinikon_International_Airport&oldid=1375520339), revision of 18 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gr-0098/data