Athens International Airport Panoramic Webcam

To get to view the live action at Athens International Airport you’ll have to exercise a few seconds of patience. Why? You’ll need to pass through The Matrix first, but don’t panic. Although that cascade of hieroglyphic symbols and numbers may have transported Neo to other dimensions, you’ll still be sitting in your chair when it’s over and finally reveals what you were hoping to see.

Athens International Airport (AIA) is located some distance from the city itself. It is the largest and busiest airport in Greece and also ranks in the top twenty busiest airports in Europe. The airport opened for flights in 2001 when it replaced the old, and very outdated airport which, it has to be said, was conveniently closer to the city centre. If you’ve ever used this airport, you’ll notice its exceptional design and organisation which is not typical of most Greek constructions. The reason for that is it was built and initially run by a German company.

For those who enjoy the odd statistic or two, here’s some to ponder over while watching the planes. Athens International Airport has two runways the longest of which measures four-thousand metres making it suitable for use by enormous aircraft like the A380. Those runways cater for over a quarter of a million flights annually and the airport’s two deluxe terminals see more than thirty million passengers passing through them every year. If you like checking out airports in person, this one should definitely be on your bucket list because, as far as European airports go, it really is a cut above the rest.