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.

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Maleme Airport Αεροδρόμιο Μάλεμε
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Chania
Location	Maleme
Elevation AMSL	16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	35°31′45.70″N 23°49′56.23″E
Map
Maleme Airport Location in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 3,454 1,050 Asphalt 03/21 3,125 950 Asphalt
Source:Airliners.gr Maleme

The airport operated until 1959 as the main public airport of Chania. As of 2012^[update] the Hellenic Air Force makes limited use of the facility.

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.[1]

See also

• List of airports in Crete

References

External links

• Maleme at Battlefield Review
• Maleme at Forgotten Airfields
• The Battle of Maleme at Hellenic Foundation

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[it] Aeroporto di Maléme