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Nea Anchialos National Airport (ICAO: LGBL, IATA: VOL) is a state-owned civil airfield in Thessaly, Greece, serving the city of Volos and the wider region of Magnesia and central Greece. It offers a single long paved runway complex with an ILS-equipped approach, making it a straightforward and well-equipped destination for visiting pilots despite its relatively modest scheduled traffic.
Nea Anchialos National Airport, also known as Central Greece Airport, lies near the town of Nea Anchialos in the Magnesia regional unit of Thessaly. It is a publicly owned civil aerodrome operated by the Greek Civil Aviation Authority and is the only airport serving Volos as well as Almyros, Lamia, Larisa, Farsala, Kalampaka, Trikala and Karditsa. For a visiting VFR or IFR pilot it is a useful gateway to central Greece, with a substantial hard runway, night lighting and an ILS approach, set against a rural landscape between several small Thessalian towns.
The airfield sits between the towns of Nea Anchialos, Almyros, Velestino and Farsala, about 6 km northeast of Almyros town centre, some 15 km southwest of Nea Anchialos itself and roughly 24 km southwest of Volos city centre. It is reached from the E75 highway, with the airport located about 3 km from the Almyros interchange. No further detail on airspace classification or FIR boundaries is available from the sources used.
The airfield has two parallel hard-surfaced runways aligned 08/26. The main runway (08/26) is 8,962 ft long, lit, and served by an ILS on the 26 approach direction. A second parallel runway, 08R/26L, is 8,911 ft long and also lit but without an ILS. Field elevation is 49 ft.
Radio communications are provided under the callsign Almiros, with Almiros Approach on 120.35 MHz and Almiros Tower on 122.1 MHz. An ILS is available for the approach to runway 26.
No specific published joining or circuit procedures, circuit heights, or noise abatement details are available from the sources used.
Pilots can use the surrounding towns of Almyros, Nea Anchialos, Velestino and Farsala as general orientation points, along with the E75 highway running past the airport and the city of Volos to the northeast as a broader landmark for the approach into the Magnesia area.
The airport was developed under a public partnership and, according to one account, first operated in February 1991, though the airport's own information states operations began in 1993. A new terminal building was completed in September 2010, after which the airport became one of the more modern regional airports in Greece, handling domestic, international and charter flights connecting central Greece to major European cities.
Nea Anchialos continues to handle scheduled and seasonal charter services, with airlines such as Eurowings, Ryanair, Sky Express and Smartwings operating seasonal routes to destinations including Düsseldorf, Charleroi, Heraklion and Brno. The airport's published opening hours vary seasonally and by day, with typical hours in the summer season ranging from around 08:30 to 21:30 depending on the day, and some days closed; visiting pilots should check current hours before planning a flight. No mention is made of prior permission requirements or flight simulator scenery availability in the sources used.