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4 unusual facts about Ellinikon International Airport


Athens Airport

Ellinikon International Airport, the old airport for Athens, Greece (Former ICAO: LGAT)

Athens International Ultramarathon Festival

The Athens International Ultramarathon Festival is a Multiday race which takes place at the former Ellinikon International Airport in Greece.

Ellinikon International Airport

In 2005, the international team, led by architects David Serero, Elena Fernandez, and landscape architect Philippe Coignet, won the competition to design a metropolitan park on the former site of the Ellinikon Airport over more than 300 teams of architects.

The 1986 Menahem Golan movie, The Delta Force, used the exterior of the airport in the Athens International Airport scene which one of the Lebanese terrorists exits a taxi.


Hellenic National Meteorological Service

It is based at the former Athens International Airport at Elliniko, and operates under the auspices of the Hellenic Air Force, staffed by both military and civilian personnel.


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