Transport
Alinda is 10 minutes and about €12 by taxi, Agia Marina 15 minutes and about €15, Lakki about €18. The island bus passes Partheni a few times a day but is not timed to flights.
Read more: TransportGuide to Leros Airport
Leros Airport (LRS) is a short strip at Partheni on the northern tip of the island, 8 km from Platanos and Agia Marina, the twin capital, and a little more from the Italian-built port of Lakki. Only small turboprops land here. Olympic Air and Sky Express fly from Athens daily all year, and in summer the Dodecanese island-hopper calls on the way to Kalymnos, Astypalaia, Kos and Rhodes. There are no international flights.
Leros is a quiet island of deep bays, Italian art-deco architecture in Lakki and a mostly Greek clientele. The airport is at one end and the villages strung down the east coast, Alinda, Agia Marina, Platanos and Pandeli, are a short taxi ride.
Local tips
- Seats are few and the flights sell out in August; the alternative is Kos, with jets from all over Europe, and the boat or fast ferry to Leros in an hour or so.
- Small aircraft, small allowances: check the cabin bag limit and expect trolley cases to go in the hold at the steps.
- Forty-five minutes to an hour before departure is enough; the terminal is one room and check-in is a table.
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Prices and timetables are indicative and change seasonally. Confirm before you travel.