Araxos Airport: frequently asked questions

The civil terminal has no scheduled flights from November to April; the charters run from May to October. Athens is under three hours away by motorway.

Two hours before departure; check-in and security are quick, but the hall is small and fills when two flights leave together.

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About 45 km west of the city: 45 minutes by car and roughly €60 by taxi.

No. The nearest KTEL stop is in Kato Achaia, a €20 taxi ride away, with coaches to Patras, Kyllini and Pyrgos. Package passengers use the tour operator’s coach.

Taxi or hire car to Kyllini port, about €45 and 45 minutes, then the ferry: Zakynthos in about an hour, Poros on Kefalonia in about 90 minutes.

By taxi for about €90, or by hire car in 75 minutes south on the Patras–Pyrgos road. By bus it means Kato Achaia to Pyrgos and a change.

In the car park in front of the civil terminal, from about €2 an hour or €8 a day, first 15 minutes free. It operates in the summer season only.

Avis, Budget, Hertz, Sixt, Europcar and Enterprise alongside Patras companies, with desks around the summer flight schedule. Book ahead in July and August.

Only with the company’s written consent, and some contracts exclude it; ask when booking. Renting on the island is the usual alternative.