Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Χανίων, "Δασκαλογιάννης" | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public/military | ||||||||||
Owner | Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority | ||||||||||
Operator | Fraport Greece | ||||||||||
Serves | Chania, Crete | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 149 m / 490 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°31′54″N 024°08′59″E / 35.53167°N 24.14972°E | ||||||||||
Website | chq-airport.gr | ||||||||||
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Source: Fraport-Greece[1] |
Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" (IATA: CHQ, ICAO: LGSA) is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the Akrotiri peninsula of the Greek island of Crete, serving the city of Chania, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away. It is a gateway to western Crete for an increasing number of tourists. The airport is named after Daskalogiannis, a Cretan rebel against Ottoman rule in the 18th century, and is a joint civil–military airport. It is the sixth-busiest airport in Greece.