Sparti Airport
Encyclopedia
Sparti Airport is a military airport
located 17 km (17,000,000,000,000 nm) south of Sparti
, a municipality in the prefecture
of Laconia
in Greece
.
of 152 metres (499 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 06/24 with an asphalt
surface measuring 916 by 23 m (3,005.2 by 75.5 ).
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located 17 km (17,000,000,000,000 nm) south of Sparti
Sparti (municipality)
Sparti is a municipality of Laconia, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta. The population in 2001 was 38,079, of whom 15,828 lived in the town itself.-History:...
, a municipality in the prefecture
Prefectures of Greece
During the first administrative division of independent Greece in 1833–1836 and then again from 1845 until their abolition with the Kallikratis reform in 2010, the prefectures were the country's main administrative unit...
of Laconia
Laconia
Laconia , also known as Lacedaemonia, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparti...
in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 152 metres (499 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 06/24 with an asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
surface measuring 916 by 23 m (3,005.2 by 75.5 ).
Nearest airports
The three nearest airports are:- Kalamata Airport – 45 km (45,000,000,000,000 nm) west-northwest
- Triodhon Airport – 49 km (49,000,000,000,000 nm) west-northwest
- Tripolis AirportTripolis AirportTripolis Airport is a small military airport situated in Tripoli, Greece, that started operating in 1973. It has a single lighted runway . It is mostly used by the Hellenic Air Force. It is the base of Arcadia Aeroclub and also serves as a race track for dragster races....
– 62 km (62,000,000,000,000 nm) north