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Chios Island National Airport (LGHI/JKH), also known as "Omiros", serves the island of Chios in the North Aegean and lies in the coastal region of Kampos, just south of Chios Town. It is a modest but active gateway handling scheduled domestic services and seasonal charter traffic, making it a straightforward VFR destination for pilots visiting this Aegean island.
Chios Island National Airport is a small, government-owned airport serving the Greek island of Chios, operated by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA). Officially titled Chios Island National Airport but locally known as "Omiros", it functions as the island's principal air link to Athens and other Greek cities, and for the visiting sim pilot it offers a compact single-runway field set against the lush green landscape of the island's eastern coast.
The airport sits in the coastal region of Kampos, immediately south of Chios Town on the eastern side of the island, in the North Aegean. No specific airspace classification or controlled airspace boundaries are detailed in the available material, but the field is served by an approach frequency, indicating a degree of ATC involvement in the surrounding airspace.
Chios has a single runway pair, 01/19, both hard-surfaced and lit. Runway 19 measures 4,690 ft, while runway 01 measures 4,553 ft. The airport's field elevation is 7 ft, and it has no ILS.
Pilots should expect the following frequencies at Chios: Aerodrome Air/Ground on 563.7 MHz, Approach (APP) on 124 MHz, and Tower (TWR) on 122.7 MHz. No instrument landing system is available, and no other navaids are noted in the available data.
The airport lies in the Kampos region just south of Chios Town, making the town itself, the coastline, and the surrounding green agricultural landscape useful visual references when inbound to the field.
Chios Island National Airport began operations on 4 August 1969, with the inaugural flight being Olympic Airways Flight OA560 from Athens. According to Wikipedia, the runway was originally constructed to a length of 1,511 by 30 metres and has not been extended since that time.
The airport continues to handle both domestic and international traffic, with Aegean Airlines operating services to Athens, Olympic Air flying to Thessaloniki, and Sky Express serving a range of destinations including Athens, Lemnos, Mytilene, Rhodes, Samos and Thessaloniki. During peak tourist season the field also receives charter flights from various European countries. Aircraft up to the size of an Airbus A320 are able to use the airport.