Maleme Airport
Airport in Maleme
Maleme Airport
Location in Greece
Direction | Length | Surface | |
---|---|---|---|
ft | m | ||
13/31 | 3,454 | 1,050 | Asphalt |
03/21 | 3,125 | 950 | Asphalt |
Source:Airliners.gr Maleme
Maleme Airport (Greek: Αεροδρόμιο Μάλεμε) is an airport situated at Maleme, Crete. It has two runways (13/31 and 03/21) with no lights. The airport has closed for commercial aviation, but the Chania Aeroclub continues to use it.[citation needed]
The airport operated until 1959 as the main public airport of Chania. As of 2012[update] the Hellenic Air Force makes limited use of the facility.[citation needed] It is used as a military airfield.[1]
Maleme Airport became a historic World War II site when many German parachutists and mountain troops landed there in May 1941 as part of the Battle of Crete.[2]
See also
References
External links
- Maleme at Battlefield Review
- Maleme at Forgotten Airfields
- The Battle of Maleme at Hellenic Foundation
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