AirportsKalamata Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Kalamata, in Peloponnese, Greece. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KLX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KLX
- ICAO code
- LGKL
- City
- Kalamata
- State or region
- Peloponnese
- Country
- Greece
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.0683° N, 22.0255° E
- Elevation
- 8 m (26 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KLX means Kalamata Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LGKL. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 37.0683° N, 22.0255° E. It stands 8 metres (26 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Pátra, about 133 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Athens, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kalamata Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,843 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 39 airports of Greece on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 9.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17L/35R | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 28 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 17R/35L | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kithira AirportKithira Island | KIT | 125 km |
| Zakynthos International Airport "Dionysios Solomos"Zakynthos | ZTH | 126 km |
| Patras Araxos Agamemnon AirportPatras | GPA | 131 km |
| Kefalonia International Airport "Anna Pollatou"Kefallinia Island | EFL | 178 km |
| Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportSpata-Artemida | ATH | 195 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,161 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,302 km | 6 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,412 km | 4 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,384 km | 3 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,856 km | 10 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,120 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,205 km | 11 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,701 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,454 km | 19 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.