# Maritsa Air Base (LGRD)

**Maritsa Air Base** (ICAO: LGRD) is a small airport in Rhodes Island, South Aegean, Greece. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long, asphalt. In 1998 it handled 2.7 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrd

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / LGRD
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Rhodes Island, South Aegean, Greece
- Elevation: 62 m / 204 ft
- Coordinates: 36.3831, 28.1089
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 2,683,523 (1998)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Athens
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Air_Base (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841748
- Weather station: LGRD
- Ident: LGRD

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 080° / 260° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1993 | 1,851,744 | Eurostat |
| 1994 | 2,217,271 | Eurostat |
| 1995 | 2,033,432 | Eurostat |
| 1998 | 2,683,523 | Eurostat |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.7M (1998) | #498 of 3,974 | #137 in Europe | #8 in GR |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =553 in Europe | =23 in GR |
| Elevation | 62 m / 204 ft | =33,805 of 43,403 | =4,300 in Europe | #30 in GR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =6 in GR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | RODOS APP | 120.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · 3.2 km / 2.0 mi
- [TR-0330](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tr-0330.md) Private Airfield · 67 km / 41 mi
- [TR-0329](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tr-0329.md) Private Airfield · 67 km / 42 mi
- [DLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbs.md) Dalaman International Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [BXN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbv.md) Bodrum-Imsık Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [KGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgko.md) Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" · 102 km / 63 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [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)
- [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/lgrd/data