Rhodes International Airport

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Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" (Greek: Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Ρόδου "Διαγόρας"), or Diagoras International Airport (IATA: RHO, ICAO: LGRP), is located on the West side of the island of Rhodes in Greece. The facility is located just north of the village Paradeisi, about 14 km (8.7 mi) southwest of the capital city, Rhodes. Rhodes International Airport was the fourth busiest airport in Greece as of 2019, with 5,542,567 passengers utilizing the airport.[2]

AirporttypePublic
OwnerGreek state
OperatorFraport Greece
ServesRhodes
Quick facts Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Ρόδος "Διαγόρας", Summary ...
Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"
Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Ρόδος "Διαγόρας"
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek state
OperatorFraport Greece
ServesRhodes
LocationParadeisi
Hub forOlympic Air
Aegean Airlines
Elevation AMSL6 m (20 ft)
Coordinates36°24′19.51″N 28°05′10.29″E
Websiterho-airport.gr
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RHO is located in Greece
RHO
RHO
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 3,305 10,844 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers6,921,748
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 12.7%
Aircraft movements46,714
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 8.4%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]
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History

Check-in at Rhodes Airport

Civil aviation on Rhodes started after the Second World War, on the location of the nearby military Rhodes Maritsa Airport.

Improvements have been made to the airport, like expansion of taxiways, platform and airport buildings. The most recent upgrade is a new passenger terminal, opened in 2005, to accommodate the growing number of charter flights and passengers. The airport's plants currently cover a total area of 60,000 m2 (650,000 sq ft)[3]

In December 2015, the privatisation of Rhodes International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalised with the signing of the agreement between the Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture and the state privatisation fund.[4] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.[5] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Rhodes International Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.[citation needed]

Facilities

Runway

The airport's single runway direction is 065/245 degrees (designated as 06/24), having a length of 3,305 meters and a width of 60 meters. There are two taxiways and four taxi links connecting the runway with the apron. The apron with the new pushback configuration can accommodate up to 20 ICAO reference category C or smaller airplanes, simultaneously. Three parking positions have MARS (Multiple Apron Ramp System) capability and can accommodate larger category D and E aircraft, such as the Airbus A330, A340 and A350 and the Boeing 747, 757, 767, 777 and 787. There is a small general aviation apron with three dedicated positions for small propelled or jet aircraft.[citation needed]

Future of the airport - Fraport Greece's investment plan

On 22 March 2017, the Fraport-Greece presented its master plan for the 14 regional airports including the International Airport of Rhodes.[6]

The following summarizes the enhancement changes that started in November 2017 and will be implemented for Rhodes International Airport under Fraport Greece's investment plan: Immediate actions that were implemented at the airports as soon as Fraport Greece took over operations and before the launch of the 2017 Summer season included:

  • General clean-up
  • Improving lighting, marking of airside areas.
  • Upgrading sanitary facilities
  • Enhancing services and offering new free Internet connection (WiFi)
  • Implementing works to improve fire safety in all the areas of the airports
  • Remodeling the current terminal
  • Reorganizing the airport apron area
  • New fire station
  • 13 percent increase in the number of check-in counters (from 40 to 45)
  • 13 percent increase in the number of departure gates (from 16 to 18)
  • 71 percent in the number of security-check lanes (from 7 to 12)
  • 25 percent increase in the number of baggage reclaim belts (from 4 to 5)

Airlines and destinations

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

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AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens,[7] Heraklion,[8] Munich,[9] Thessaloniki[7]
Seasonal: Chania,[10] Larnaca,[11] Milos,[12] Mykonos,[13] Naxos,[14] Oslo,[15] Paphos,[16] Santorini,[17] Saarbrücken,[18] Tel Aviv,[19] Tirana[20]
Seasonal charter: Friedrichshafen,[21] Kristiansand,[22] Paderborn/Lippstadt[23]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[24]
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade[25]
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga,[26] Tallinn[27]
airHaifa Seasonal: Haifa[28]
Animawings Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni,[29] Timișoara[30]
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv[31]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[32]
BlueBird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv[33]
British Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[34] London–Heathrow[35]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[36]
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zurich[37]
Condor Seasonal: Berlin,[38] Düsseldorf ,[39] Frankfurt,[40] Hamburg,[41] Munich,[42] Münster/Osnabrück (begins 2 May 2027),[43] Vienna,[44] Zurich[45]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[46] Düsseldorf,[47] Hannover,[48] Nuremberg,[49] Tel Aviv[50]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam,[51] Brussels,[52] Groningen[53]
Cyprus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca[54]
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt,[55] Munich[56]
easyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam,[57] Basel/Mulhouse,[58] Belfast–International,[59] Berlin,[60] Birmingham,[61] Bristol,[62] Edinburgh,[63] Geneva,[64] London–Gatwick,[65] London–Luton,[65] Manchester,[66] Milan–Malpensa,[67] Nantes,[68] Naples,[69] Newcastle upon Tyne,[70] Paris–Orly[71]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zurich[72]
El Al Seasonal: Tel Aviv[73]
Electra Airways Brno,[74] Ostrava,[75] Tel Aviv[76]
Enter AirSeasonal: Basel,[77] Bydgoszcz,[78] Gdańsk,[79] Karlsruhe Baden-Baden,[80] Katowice,[81] Krakow,[82] Łódź,[82] Poznan,[83] Warsaw,[84] Wrocław[82]
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin,[85] Cologne/Bonn,[86] Düsseldorf,[87] Graz,[88] Hamburg,[89] Innsbruck,[90] Nuremberg,[91] Salzburg,[92] Stuttgart[93]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki[94]
Flyyo Seasonal: Tel Aviv[95]
Freebird Airlines Seasonal: Cologne,[96] Leipzig[97]
GetJet Airlines Seasonal: Belgrade,[98] Vilnius[99]
Gulf Air Seasonal: Bahrain[100]
Helvetic Airways Seasonal: Bern[101]
HiSkySeasonal: Bucharest,[102] Cluj, Oradea[103]
Israir Tel Aviv[104]
ITA Airways Seasonal: Milan–Linate,[105] Rome–Fiumicino[106]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International,[107] Birmingham,[108] Bournemouth,[109] Bristol,[107] East Midlands,[107] Edinburgh,[110] Glasgow,[111] Leeds/Bradford,[112] Liverpool,[113] London–Gatwick,[114] London–Luton,[115] London–Stansted,[116] Manchester[107], Newcastle upon Tyne[111]
Jettime Aalborg,[117] Billund,[118] Copenhagen,[119] Stockholm–Arlanda[120]
LEAV Aviation Seasonal: Erfurt-Weimar Münster/Osnabrück[121]
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Katowice,[122] Warsaw–Chopin[123]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[124]
Marabu Seasonal: Hamburg,[41] Leipzig,[125] Nuremberg[126]
Neos Seasonal: Bologna,[127] Catania,[128] Heraklion,[129] Milan Bergamo,[130] Milan–Malpensa,[127] Rome–Fiumicino,[127] Tel Aviv,[131] Verona[127]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen,[132] Oslo,[133] Stavanger,[134] Stockholm–Arlanda[135]
Seasonal charter: Trondheim[136]
Olympic Air Karpathos,[137] Kasos,[137] Kastellorizo,[137] Sitia[138]
Pegasus Airlines Seasonal: Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[139]
Ryanair Seasonal: Bari,[140] Berlin,[141] Birmingham,[142] Bologna,[143] Bournemouth,[144] Brussels-Charleroi,[145] Budapest,[146] Catania,[147] Cork,[148] Dublin,[142] East Midlands,[149] Edinburgh,[150] Kaunas,[151] Kraków,[152] London–Stansted,[153] Manchester,[154] Milan Bergamo,[155] Naples,[156] Paphos,[157] Pisa,[158] Prague,[159] Rome–Ciampino,[160] Rome–Fiumicino,[161] Sofia,[162] Stockholm–Arlanda,[163] Vienna,[164] Warsaw–Modlin,[165] Weeze[166]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen,[167] Oslo[168]
Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[169] Luleå,[170] Stockholm–Arlanda,[171] Trondheim[172]
Sky Express Athens,[173] Chios,[174] Heraklion,[175] Kalymnos,[174] Karpathos,[175] Kos,[174] Lemnos,[174] Leros,[174] Mytilene,[174] Samos[174]
Seasonal: Thessaloniki[176]
Seasonal charter: Belgrade[177] Cluj-Napoca,[178] Iași,[179] Sibiu,[180] Timișoara[178]
Smartwings Seasonal: Bratislava,[181] Brno,[74] Košice,[182] Ostrava,[183] Prague[184] Warsaw[185]
Seasonal charter: České Budějovice,[186] Poznań,[187] Rzeszow[188]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Billund,[189] Copenhagen,[190] Göteborg,[191] Malmö,[192] Oslo,[193] Stavanger[194]
Sundair Seasonal: Bremen,[195] Dresden[196]
Sundor Seasonal: Tel Aviv[197]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[198]
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam,[199] Eindhoven,[200] Lyon,[201] Nantes,[202] Paris–Orly[203]
TUI Airways Seasonal: Birmingham,[204] Bournemouth,[205] Cardiff,[206] East Midlands,[207] Exeter,[208] Glasgow,[209] London–Gatwick,[210] London–Stansted,[211] Manchester,[212] Newcastle upon Tyne,[213] Norwich[214]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels,[215] Ostend/Bruges[216]
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[217] Frankfurt,[217] Hannover,[48] Munich,[217] Stuttgart[217]
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam,[218] Dublin,[219] Eindhoven,[220] Rotterdam/The Hague[221]
TUS Tel Aviv[222]
Volotea Seasonal: Lille,[223] Lyon,[224] Nantes,[225] Naples[226]
Widerøe Sanderfjord[227]
Wizz Air Seasonal: Budapest,[228] Chișinău,[229] London–Luton,[230] Rome–Fiumicino,[231] Sofia,[232] Yerevan,[233] Warsaw–Chopin[234]
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Statistics

Figures are taken from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[235] until 2016 and since 2017 from the official website of the airport.[236]

More information Year, Passengers ...
Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
1994 380,072 2,111,714 2,491,786
1995 Increase 419,701 Decrease 1,924,922 Decrease 2,344,623
1996 Increase 477,396 Decrease 1,764,121 Decrease 2,241,517
1997 Increase 559,768 Increase 1,955,527 Increase 2,515,295
1998 Decrease 535,284 Increase 2,137,028 Increase 2,672,312
1999 Increase 638,389 Increase 2,653,129 Increase 3,291,518
2000 Increase 720,560 Increase 2,686,490 Increase 3,407,050
2001 Decrease 682,469 Increase 2,745,706 Increase 3,428,175
2002 Decrease 628,837 Decrease 2,601,646 Decrease 3,230,483
2003 Increase 689,315 Decrease 2,476,755 Decrease 3,166,070
2004 Increase 697,873 Decrease 2,338,650 Decrease 3,036,523
2005 Increase 750,476 Increase 2,457,038 Increase 3,207,514
2006 Increase 809,965 Increase 2,681,557 Increase 3,491,522
2007 Increase 839,326 Increase 2,786,636 Increase 3,625,962
2008 Increase 843,529 Decrease 2,723,940 Decrease 3,567,469
2009 Decrease 826,677 Decrease 2,643,434 Decrease 3,470,111
2010 Decrease 736,566 Increase 2,850,006 Increase 3,586,572
2011 Decrease 676,463 Increase 3,471,923 Increase 4,148,386
2012 Decrease 600,167 Decrease 3,213,780 Decrease 3,813,947
2013 Increase 626,594 Increase 3,573,465 Increase 4,200,059
2014 Increase 691,040 Increase 3,861,016 Increase 4,552,056
2015 Increase 793,025 Decrease 3,785,998 Increase 4,579,023
2016 Increase 848,878 Increase 4,093,508 Increase 4,942,386
2017 Increase 868,459 Increase 4,432,764 Increase 5,301,223
2018 Decrease 829,475 Increase 4,738,273 Increase 5,567,748
2019 Decrease 803,996 Increase 4,738,571 Decrease 5,542,567
2020 Decrease 352,985 Decrease 1,198,138 Decrease 1,551,123
2021 Increase 516,927 Increase 2,849,687 Increase 3,366,614
2022 Increase 708,866 Increase 5,148,170 Increase 5,857,036
2023 Increase 850,925 Increase 5,291,888 Increase 6,142,813
2024 Increase 906,241 Increase 6,015,507 Increase 6,921,748
2025 Increase 953,718 Increase 6.139,546 Increase 7.093,264
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Traffic statistics by country (2023)

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Traffic by country at Rhodes International Airport (2023)[237]
Place Country Total passengers
1 United Kingdom 1,341,929
2 Germany 937,844
3 Greece 850,925
4 Poland 377,614
5 Israel 277,576
6 Sweden 261,116
7 Netherlands 210,610
8 Czech Republic 193,329
9 France 192,540
10 Finland 191,330
11 Italy 187,218
12 Denmark 183,207
13 Austria 168,192
14 Belgium 160,750
15 Norway 157,280
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