Porto Cheli Airport

Porto Kheli Airport Αεροδρόμιο Πόρτο Χέλι
IATA: PKH ICAO: LGHL
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner	T. Alexiou S.A.
Operator	(Closed)
Location	Porto Cheli, Argolis
Elevation AMSL	70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates	37°17′55.65″N 23°08′56.35″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m ?/? 2,224 678 Paved

Porto Cheli Airfield (IATA: PKH, ICAO: LGHL) was a private airfield located near Porto Cheli, Argolis, Greece. It belongs to company T. Alexiou S.A. and it has ceased operations since 2008.

The airfield from 2006 after it had ceased operations

History

The airfield mainly operated during the 1960s and 1970s. It belonged to businessman Tasos Alexiou. During the Greek military junta, there was interest in construction of a new airport closer to Porto Cheli, but it was never realized due to scandalous compensations that were given.[1] In 2004, HCAA closed the airport due to required maintenance issues and in 2008 that the airfield's certificate expired, it was not renewed, thus closing the airport indefinitely.

In June 2022 the land was sold to Paul Coulson, who is the largest shareholder and chairman of Ardagh Group.,[2] for an estimated amount of €50Μ. which is the most expensive land sell ever been in Greece.[3]

References

1. https://portoheli.wordpress.com/%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9/ ^[user-generated source]
2. "'Forbes' Irish billionaires' club boasts combined fortune of €18bn". independent. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
3. Notospress (2022-07-03). "Αγόρασε χωράφια από βοσκούς το 1960 στο Πόρτο Χέλι - Σήμερα πουλήθηκαν για 50 εκ.€". Notospress.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-07-13.

• Aerial photos of the airport and surrounding property.
• Dedicated album with multimedia from the airport