Rhodes International Airport

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 southwest of the capital city, Rodos. Rhodes International Airport was the fourth busiest airport in Greece as of 2019, with 5,542,567 passengers utilizing the airport.[2]

Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"

Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Ρόδος "Διαγόρας"
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek state
OperatorFraport Greece
ServesRhodes
LocationParadeisi
Hub forOlympic Air
Focus city forAegean Airlines
Elevation AMSL6 m / 19 ft
Coordinates36°24′19.51″N 28°05′10.29″E
Websiterho-airport.gr
Map
RHO
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 3,305 10,844 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers1.551.123
Passenger traffic change 72.0%
Aircraft movements14.801
Aircraft movements change 60,5%
Runway[1] Statistics[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]

On 21 September 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 the following day.

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 boarding and disembarking 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 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 (such as B757-300, B787-900, B777-300, B747-400, A340-500 and A350) aircraft. There is a small general aviation apron with three dedicated positions for small propelled or jet aircraft.

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
Aegean Airlines Athens
Seasonal: Belgrade (begins 3 June 2022),[7] Frankfurt, Lyon, Munich, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Tel Aviv, Zürich
Seasonal charter: Ålesund, Beirut, Bodø, Cluj-Napoca, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (begins 8 June 2022),[8] Ljubljana, Molde, Oulu, Timisoara, Trondheim, Yerevan
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga, Tampere[9]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[10]
Air Serbia Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Animawings Seasonal: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca (begins 24 May 2022),[11] Timisoara (begins 14 June 2022)
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Avion Express Seasonal charter: Helsinki, Oulu (begins 15 September 2022), Vaasa, Vilnius
Bees Airline Seasonal: Kyiv–Zhuliany
Blue Air Seasonal: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca (begins 8 June 2022)[12] Iași (begins 27 March 2023)[13]
Bluebird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv
British Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[14] London–Heathrow[15]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[16]
Bulgaria Air Seasonal: Sofia
Buzz Seasonal charter: Łódź, Poznań,[17] Poznań, Rzeszów, Wrocław
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich
Condor Seasonal: Berlin,[18] Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna (begins 22 May 2022),[19] Zürich[20]
Corendon Airlines[21] Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Billund (begins 24 June 2022),[22] Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen (begins 24 June 2022),[22] Düsseldorf, Erfurt/Weimar, Friedrichshafen, Graz, Hannover, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Katowice, Linz, London–Gatwick, Manchester,[23] Memmingen, Münster/Osnabrück, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Rostock, Zurich
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels,[24] Maastricht/Aachen[25]
Cyprus Airways Seasonal: Larnaca
easyJet Seasonal: Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse (begins 3 July 2022)[26] Berlin, Bordeaux, Bristol, Edinburgh,[27] London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester,[27] Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Paris–Orly, Venice
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Gdańsk,[17] Katowice,[17] Kraków,[17] Poznań,[17] Rzeszów
European Air Charter Seasonal charter: Friedrichshafen (begins 10 July 2022), Graz, Linz[28]
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin[29] Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund,[30] Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Salzburg (begins 24 May 2022), Stockholm–Arlanda (begins 31 May 2022),[29] Stuttgart[31]
Seasonal charter: Innsbruck[32]
Eurowings Discover Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich (begins 14 September 2022)
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Freebird Airlines Seasonal: Paderborn/Lippstadt (beginis 5 June 2022)
Seasonal charter: Cologne/Bonn, Leipzig/Halle[33]
GetJet Airlines Seasonal charter: Vilnius
Helvetic Airways Seasonal: Bern (begins 11 July 2022),[34] Zürich (begins 9 July 2022)
Israir Seasonal: Haifa,[35] Tel Aviv
ITA Airways Seasonal: Milan–Linate (begins 2 August 2022),[36] Rome–Fiumicino (begins 3 August 2022)
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Helsinki
Jet2.com Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol,[37] East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Gdańsk,[38] Katowice,[39] Warsaw–Chopin[38]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Neos Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Naples (begins 20 July 2022),[40] Rome–Fiumicino, Turin (begins 29 June 2022),[40] Verona[41]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 24 June 2022),[42] Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Seasonal charter: Stavanger,[43] Trondheim
Novair Seasonal charter: Billund,[44] Copenhagen,[44] Gothenburg,[45] Helsinki,[46] Stockholm–Arlanda,[45] Oulu,[46]
Olympic Air Kastellorizo, Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Heraklion (begins 1 July 2022)
Ryanair Seasonal: Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham,[47] Bologna, Budapest, Catania, Charleroi, Dublin,[47] East Midlands, Kaunas, London–Stansted, Manchester, Naples, Paphos, Pisa, Prague, Rome–Ciampino, Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal: Copenhagen[48]
Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[49] Luleå,[45] Stockholm–Arlanda,[49] Trondheim,[50] Umeå,[51]
Sky Express Astypalaia, Athens, Chios, Heraklion, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kos, Lemnos, Leros, Mytilene, Samos
SkyUp[52] Seasonal: Kyiv–Boryspil, Lviv (begins 25 May 2022),[53] Zaporizhzhia (begins 28 May 2022)[54]
Smartwings Seasonal: Bratislava (resumes 31 May 2022),[55] Brno, Katowice (begins 28 May 2022), Košice (resumes 10 June 2022), Ostrava, Prague, Warsaw-Chopin (resumes 27 May 2022)
Seasonal charter: Budapest
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Bergen,[56] Billund,[57] Copenhagen,[57] Borlänge,[51] Gothenburg,[51] Helsinki,[58] Kalmar,[51] Karlstad,[51] Malmö,[51] Molde,[56] Norrköping,[51] Örebro,[51] Oslo,[56] Sandefjord,[56] Skellefteå,[51] Stavanger,[56] Stockholm–Arlanda,[51] Trondheim,[56] Växjö[51]
Sundair Seasonal: Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Kassel
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva, Zürich
Sun d'Or Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Trade Air Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Lyon,[59] Nantes,[60] Paris–Orly
TUI Airways[61] Seasonal: Aberdeen, Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich[62]
Seasonal charter: Dublin (resumes 18 May 2022)[63]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels, Charleroi, Liège, Lille,[64] Ostend/Bruges
Seasonal charter: Dole,[65] Strasbourg[65]
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[66] Norrköping, Stockholm–Arlanda[66]
Tus Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv (begins 7 June 2022)[67]
Ukraine International Airlines[68] Seasonal charter: Kyiv–Boryspil, Lviv[69]
Volotea Seasonal: Bari,[70] Naples
Vueling Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino[71]
Windrose Airlines Seasonal charter: Kyiv–Boryspil[72]
Wizz Air[73] Seasonal: Budapest, Rome–Fiumicino (begins 4 June 2022),[74] Tel Aviv,[75] Warsaw–Chopin,[76] Wrocław (begins 2 August 2022)[77]

Traffic figures
Annual passenger traffic at RHO airport. See source Wikidata query.

Figures are taken from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) [78] until 2016 and since 2017 from the official website of the airport.[79]

Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
1994 380,072 2,111,714 2,491,786
1995 419,701 1,924,922 2,344,623
1996 477,396 1,764,121 2,241,517
1997 559,768 1,955,527 2,515,295
1998 535,284 2,137,028 2,672,312
1999 638,389 2,653,129 3,291,518
2000 720,560 2,686,490 3,407,050
2001 682,469 2,745,706 3,428,175
2002 628,837 2,601,646 3,230,483
2003 689,315 2,476,755 3,166,070
2004 697,873 2,338,650 3,036,523
2005 750,476 2,457,038 3,207,514
2006 809,965 2,681,557 3,491,522
2007 839,326 2,786,636 3,625,962
2008 843,529 2,723,940 3,567,469
2009 826,677 2,643,434 3,470,111
2010 736,566 2,850,006 3,586,572
2011 676,463 3,471,923 4,148,386
2012 600,167 3,213,780 3,813,947
2013 626,594 3,573,465 4,200,059
2014 691,040 3,861,016 4,552,056
2015 793,025 3,785,998 4,579,023
2016 848,878 4,093,508 4,942,386
2017 868,459 4,432,764 5,301,223
2018 829,475 4,738,273 5,567,748
2019 803,996 4,738,571 5,542,567
2020 352,985 1,198,138 1,551,123
2021 516,927 2,849,687 3,366,614
2022(Mar) 114,011 5,279 119,290

Transport

Public bus: Bus service is provided between the Airport and the city of Rhodes (No 23-35). Bus stop is located between the new and the old terminal.[80]

Taxi: Taxi service is available outside Rhodes Airport arrivals hall.[81]

Car: Rhodes Airport is located 14 km from the city of Rhodes and is accessible from the provincial road Rhodes-Kamiros.[82]

See also

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