Aktion National Airport

Aktion National Airport is an airport on the Aktion Peninsula in Acarnania, Greece, serving Preveza and Lefkada. It is also known as Preveza Airport. It is also used by NATO and Hellenic Air Force Command. The airport commenced operations in 1968.

History In December 2015, the privatisation of Aktion National 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. "We signed the deal today", the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters. According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Aktion National Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.

Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Aktion National Airport:

Statistics + Annual passenger traffic Year Flights Domestic passengers International passengers Total passengers% annualchange 1994 1,648 11,650 161,229 172,879 1995 1,898 14,786 198,300213,058 23.2% 1996 1,906 18,347 183,933 202,2805.1% 1997 2,043 20,177 217,774 237,95117.6% 1998 2,250 18,832 244,561263,393 10.7% 1999 1,837 14,213 227,932242,1458.1% 2000 2,331 16,933282,482299,415 23.7% 2001 2,208 15,025 286,857301,8820.8% 2002 2,337 13,257 315,791 329,0489.0% 2003 3,011 15,690 283,162 298,8529.2% 2004 3,156 17,613 271,362288,975 3.3% 2005 3,061 16,701 284,152300,853 4.1% 2006 3,014 17,654 270,901288,555 4.1% 2007 3,260 19,673 302,088321,761 11.5% 2008 3,256 17,715 310,404328,119 2.0% 2009 3,034 15,690 295,233310,9235.2% 2010 2,758 6,343 286,105292,448 5.9% 2011 2,728 4,891 289,265294,1560.6% 2012 2,858 4,629 284,206288,835 1.8% 2013 3,166 7,758 308,607316,365 9.5% 2014 3,590 5,861 352,384358,24513.2% 2015 3,940 8,284 380,011 388,2958.4% 2016 4,510 18,570 454,300 472,87021.8% 2017 5,295 12,771 532,879569,08220.3% 2018 5,394 8,152 541,283583,6662.6% 2019 5,59216,763609,027625,7907.2% 2020 2,3425,561155,847161,40874.2% 2021 4,52011,433360,663372,096130.5% 2022 6,61012,973760,614773,587107.9% 2023 6,68412,642804,564817,2065.9% 2024 6,71214,357810,537824,8940.9% 2025 7,013 13,264 862,698875,9626.2%

The record (highest) figure to date is highlighted in bold

Traffic statistics by country (2024) +Traffic by country at Aktion National Airport (2024) Place Country Total passengers 1 United Kingdom 230,024 2 Germany 114,705 3 Netherlands 92,010 4 Denmark 73,971 5 Sweden 61,619 6 Italy 55,446 7 Norway 36,130 8 Austria 28,381 9 Czech Republic 28,177 10 Finland 27,547 11 Hungary 20,139 12 Greece 14,357 13 Israel 11,897 14 Poland 9,443 15 Cyprus 8,081

Accidents and incidents On 14 July 1996, a NATO-operated E-3 Sentry (serial number LX-N90457) overran the runway and crashed into a sea wall when the pilot attempted to abort takeoff after thinking the aircraft had ingested birds. There were only minor injuries and no fatalities, however, the fuselage broke, causing total loss of the aircraft. During the investigation of the incident, no indications of bird ingestion were found. The aircraft was subsequently written off.

Aktion National Airport

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