Rhodes International Airport

Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"
Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Ρόδος "Διαγόρας"
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Greek state
Operator Fraport Greece
Serves Rodos
Location Paradeisi
Hub for Olympic Air
Focus city for Aegean Airlines
Elevation AMSL 6 m / 19 ft
Coordinates 36°24′19.51″N 28°05′10.29″E / 36.4054194°N 28.0861917°E / 36.4054194; 28.0861917Coordinates: 36°24′19.51″N 28°05′10.29″E / 36.4054194°N 28.0861917°E / 36.4054194; 28.0861917
Website www.rho-airport.gr/en
Map
RHO
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,305 10,844 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 5,301,517
Passenger traffic change Increase 6.6%
Aircraft movements 36,966
Aircraft movements change Increase 2.2%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]

Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" (Greek: Κρατικός 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 southwest of the capital city, Rodos. Rhodes International Airport was the fourth busiest airport in Greece as of 2017, with 5,301,517 passengers utilizing the airport.[2]

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.

This was the island's main airport until 1977, when the new Rhodes International Airport was opened. The need for a new facility was big, as the 'old' Maritsa airport did not meet the needs for a modern civil airport. The new "Diagoras" airport was built in 1977. It was decided that, on this location, it would meet the needs of the island better.

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[3]

In 2015, Rhodes Airport was closed for 14 hours after a 'sinkhole' appeared in the runway. Flights were diverted to surrounding airports such as Kos and Heraklion as well as Athens and the runway was fixed and reopened shortly afterwards.

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.

Facilities

Terminal

Rhodes Airport terminal is actually 2 separate buildings with a joined corridor in the middle. Departures are served both in ground (check-ins, baggage checks) and first floor (passenger screening, gates, shops) while arrivals are served only in ground floor's southern corner where passport control, customs and baggage reclaim operate. Airport does not have air bridges so embarkments and disembarkments require the use of buses.

Both terminals are and will be under renovations for the next couple of years from Fraport as a series of chronic problems need to be addressed. Toilets and air conditioning system were first to be fixed while more complicated works including new check in facilities that will eliminate double checks for baggage as well interior remodeling will proceed gradually during low traffic winter months.

Airport also hosts all necessary services such as a police station, a medical clinic, airline and handlers offices, rent-a-car and tour operators kiosks, VIP halls as well recently refurbished duty free shops, cafes and restaurants.

Runway

The airport's single runway direction is 070/250, having a length of 3,306 meters and a width of 60 meters. There are six taxiways connecting the runway with the terminal. Tarmac can accommodate up to 14 airplanes simultaneously and up to type 747. New parking spots as well rearrangements on airplanes' parking patterns engaging ground vehicles is expected to increase capacity.

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

AirlinesDestinations
Adria Airways Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Aegean Airlines Athens, Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Beirut[7], Frankfurt, Heraklion, Larnaca, Lyon, Marseille, Moscow–Domodedovo, Munich, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Saint Petersburg, Yerevan, Zürich,
Seasonal charter: Ålesund, Beirut, Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj–Napoca[8], Copenhagen[9], Cuneo, Košice, Luleå, Molde,[10] Odense, Östersund, Skellefteå, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Trondheim, Wrocław
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga[11]
Air Bucharest Seasonal charter: Bucharest
Alitalia Seasonal: Milan-Linate, Rome–Fiumicino[12]
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
ASL Airlines France Seasonal charter: Manchester
Astra Airlines Seasonal: Thessaloniki
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Seasonal charter: Graz, Innsbruck[13], Linz
Aviolet Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Belavia Seasonal charter: Minsk[14]
Bluebird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Blu-express Seasonal: Bergamo[15], Bologna, Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick[16]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[17]
Condor Seasonal: Berlin–Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn (ends 29 October 2018),[18] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Maastricht/Aachen
easyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam, Berlin–Schönefeld, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Milan–Malpensa, Newcastle, Paris–Orly, Venice
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Ellinair Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Athens, Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Katowice, London-Gatwick
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Hamburg[19], Hannover [20], Munich, Salzburg, Stuttgart[21]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
GermaniaSeasonal: Berlin Schönefeld, Berlin-Tegel[22], Bremen, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt/Weimar, Friedrichshafen, Hamburg, Münster/Osnabrück, Nuremberg, Rostock
Germania Flug Seasonal: Zurich
Israir Seasonal: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Helvetic AirwaysSeasonal charter: Bern
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast-International, Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jet TimeSeasonal charter: Halmstad (begins 9 May 2019)[23]
Laudamotion Seasonal: Düsseldorf[24]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Middle East Airlines Seasonal charter: Beirut
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm
Seasonal charter: London-Gatwick, Trondheim
Novair Seasonal charter: Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Trondheim
Olympic Air Kastellorizo
RoyalFlight Seasonal charter: Kazan[25], Moscow–Sheremetyevo[25], Rostov-on-Don-Platov[26], Samara[25]
Ryanair Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Charleroi, East Midlands, Kaunas, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Manchester, Pisa, Stockholm-Skavsta
Ryanair Sun Seasonal charter: Katowice, Poznań, Wrocław
S7 Airlines Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo[27]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Bergen, Billund, Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Trondheim
Sky Express Astypalaia, Chios, Heraklion, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kos, Lemnos, Leros, Mytilene, Samos
Seasonal: Sitia[28]
Small Planet Airlines Seasonal charter: Graz, Helsinki, London–Gatwick
Small Planet Airlines Poland Seasonal: Katowice,[29] Warsaw-Chopin[30]
SmartWings Seasonal: Brno, Lille, Lyon, Ostrava, Pardubice, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague
SmartWings Seasonal: Bratislava[31], Budapest[32], Košice
Sun D'Or Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
SunExpress Deutschland Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hannover[33], Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg[34], Stuttgart
TAROM Seasonal charter: Bucharest, Iași
Thomas Cook Airlines Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted[35], Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Seasonal charter: Borlänge, Helsinki, Jönköping, Karlstad, Luleå, Norrköping, Örebro, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Trondheim
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam
Transavia France Seasonal: Paris–Orly
Travel Service Hungary Seasonal charter: Budapest
TUI Airways Seasonal: Aberdeen[36], Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich[37]
Seasonal charter: Dublin[38]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels, Charleroi, Liège, Ostend/Bruges
Seasonal charter: Dole[39], Strasbourg[39]
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Karlsruhe/Baden Baden (ends 25 October 2018),[40] Munich, Nuremberg, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Vienna
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam, Rotterdam
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Helsinki, Oslo–Gardermoen
Ural Airlines Seasonal charter: St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg[25]
Volotea Seasonal: Palermo,[41] Venice–Marco Polo
Vueling Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino[42]
Windrose Airlines Seasonal charter: Kiev–Boryspil[43]
Wizz Air Seasonal: Budapest

Traffic figures

Figures are taken from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) [44] until 2016 and since 2017 from the official website of the airport.[45]

Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
1994 380,072 2,111,714 2,491,786
1995 Increase419,701 Decrease1,924,922 Decrease2,344,623
1996 Increase477,396 Decrease1,764,121 Decrease2,241,517
1997 Increase559,768 Increase1,955,527 Increase2,515,295
1998 Decrease535,284 Increase2,137,028 Increase2,672,312
1999 Increase638,389 Increase2,653,129 Increase3,291,518
2000 Increase720,560 Increase2,686,490 Increase3,407,050
2001 Decrease682,469 Increase2,745,706 Increase3,428,175
2002 Decrease628,837 Decrease2,601,646 Decrease3,230,483
2003 Increase689,315 Decrease2,476,755 Decrease3,166,070
2004 Increase697,873 Decrease2,338,650 Decrease3,036,523
2005 Increase750,476 Increase2,457,038 Increase3,207,514
2006 Increase809,965 Increase2,681,557 Increase3,491,522
2007 Increase839,326 Increase2,786,636 Increase3,625,962
2008 Increase843,529 Decrease2,723,940 Decrease3,567,469
2009 Decrease826,677 Decrease2,643,434 Decrease3,470,111
2010 Decrease736,566 Increase2,850,006 Increase3,586,572
2011 Decrease676,463 Increase3,471,923 Increase4,148,386
2012 Decrease600,167 Decrease3,213,780 Decrease3,813,947
2013 Increase626,594 Increase3,573,465 Increase4,200,059
2014 Increase691,040 Increase3,861,016 Increase4,552,056
2015 Increase793,025 Decrease3,785,998 Increase4,579,023
2016 Increase848,878 Increase4,093,508 Increase4,942,386
2017 Increase868,421 Increase4,433,096 Increase5,301,517
2018* Decrease647,199 Increase4,254,700 Increase4,901,899

* Figures for 2018 are up to the month of September.[46]

To and From the airport[47]

By Public Bus:[48] Bus service is provided between the Airport and the city of Rhodes (No 23-35) servicing in between Ixia, Ialysos and Kremasti as well between the airport and villages further to the west coast like Paradeisi, Tholos, Soroni etc. Bus stop is located between the new and the old terminal. Tickets can be purchased either from designated vendors (kiosks, cafes, shops) or directly from the bus driver with a small fee on nominal price.

For more Information please contact: http://desroda.gr/

By Taxi:[49] Taxi service is available outside Rhodes Airport arrivals hall. The journey from the Airport to the city of Rhodes varies between 25 and 50 minutes depending on traffic conditions and the fare is normally €25. Taxi rank has a big board indicating fixed prices depending on passengers' destination. You may be charged extra, if you carry many pieces of luggage.

By Car:[50] Rhodes Airport is located 14 km from the city of Rhodes and is easily accessible from the provincial road Rhodes-Kamiros (many times incorrectly indicated as Ialisou-Katavias). The journey to and from the city centre takes about 25–50 minutes, depending on traffic.


For directions using a GPS device, find below the physical street address and the geographical coordinates of Rhodes Airport. All you need to do is enter the following information in your GPS device.

Airport Latitude and Longitude: 36°24'7.76"N28° 5'26.33"E

Airport physical address: Rhodes Airport, Paradisi, Rhodes 851 06

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jeppesen aerodrome charts
  2. 1 2 "RODOS AIRPORT "DIAGORAS"". rho-airport.gr. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rhodes Diagoras International Airport History, Facts and Overview". Airports Guides. http://www.airports-guides.com/. Retrieved 12 November 2011. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ "Tornos News | Greece signs privatization of 14 regional airports with Germany's Fraport". tornosnews.gr. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Reuters Editorial. "REFILE-UPDATE 1-Greece signs major privatisation deal with Germany's Fraport | Reuters". uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Fraport Greece’s Development Plan for the New Era at the Greek Regional Airports", fraport-greece.com
  7. ↑ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/278091/aegean-airlines-expands-lebanon-network-in-s18/
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  10. ↑ "MOLDE AIRPORT - RHODES". avinor.no. 5 July 2018.
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  13. ↑ Innsbruck
  14. ↑ http://anextour.com.ua/flights
  15. ↑ "Blu Express Adds New Milan Bergamo – Greece Seasonal Routes Jul – Sep 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "British Airways Announce Summer London Gatwick – Rhodes Service". The BA Source. 15 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "Brussels Airlines adds new short-haul destinations in S17". routesonline. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
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  24. ↑ https://www.ryanair.com/la/en/cheap-flight-destinations
  25. 1 2 3 4 "Flight Search". pegasys.pegast.ru. 19 February 2018.
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  27. ↑ "S7 Airlines opens flights to Rhodes". S7 Airlines. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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  29. ↑ https://www.smallplanet.aero/pl/rezerwacja-biletw/5209/f/RHO
  30. ↑ https://www.smallplanet.aero/pl/rezerwacja-biletw/5209/f/RHO
  31. ↑ "Smartwings Expands Bratislava Service in S15 :: Routesonline". airlineroute.net. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  32. ↑ "Smartwings Plans Hungary Operations June – Sep 2015 :: Routesonline". airlineroute.net. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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  36. ↑ "Flight Timetable". tui.co.uk. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  37. ↑ 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Thomson outlines planned new routes in S17". Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  38. ↑ "Flight Timetable". TUI Airways. 10 February 2018.
  39. 1 2 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "TUI Belgium outlines S17 new French / Italian routes". Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  40. ↑ "TUI fly to terminate Karlsruhe presence in mid-4Q18". ch-aviation.com.
  41. ↑ http://www.volotea.com
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  43. ↑ "WindRose S16 Planned Operations :: Routesonline". airlineroute.net. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  44. ↑ "RODOS AIRPORT", ypa.gr
  45. ↑ "Air Traffic statistics", rho-airport.gr
  46. ↑ "Air Traffic statistics" (PDF). : HCAA & FRG Traffic Data Management. https://www.rho-airport.gr. Retrieved 7 January 2018. External link in |publisher= (help)
  47. ↑ "Airport information | Rhodes Airport (RHO)". www.rho-airport.gr. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  48. ↑ "By Public Bus | Rhodes Airport (RHO)". www.rho-airport.gr. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  49. ↑ "By Taxi | Rhodes Airport (RHO)". www.rho-airport.gr. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  50. ↑ "By Car | Rhodes Airport (RHO)". www.rho-airport.gr. Retrieved 2017-08-12.

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