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Maleme Airport

Coordinates: 35°31′45.70″N 23°49′56.23″E / 35.5293611°N 23.8322861°E / 35.5293611; 23.8322861
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Maleme Airport

Αεροδρόμιο Μάλεμε
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesChania
LocationMaleme
Elevation AMSL16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates35°31′45.70″N 23°49′56.23″E / 35.5293611°N 23.8322861°E / 35.5293611; 23.8322861
Map
Maleme Airport is located in Greece
Maleme Airport
Maleme Airport
Location in Greece
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 3,454 1,050 Asphalt
03/21 3,125 950 Asphalt
View of the Runways

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 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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Do you know that there are six airfields in Crete?". TheNewCrete. 15 April 2021.
  2. ^ Biank, Major Maria A. (2014-08-15). Battle Of Crete: Hitler's Airborne Gamble. Pickle Partners Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78289-321-9.
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