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(Redirected from Sedes Airport) Airport in Macedonia, Greece
Sedes Airport
Αεροδρόμιο Σέδες
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OwnerHellenic Air Force
Serves Thessaloniki
Location Macedonia, Greece
Elevation AMSL81 ft / 27 m
Coordinates40°32′01.83″N 23°01′26.83″E / 40.5338417°N 23.0241194°E / 40.5338417; 23.0241194
Website(Website)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 4,126 1,257 PSP metal mesh

Sedes Airport is a military airport 15 km east of Thessaloniki, Greece, and 3 km northeast of Thessaloniki's Macedonia International Airport. Sedes airport started operating during the Balkan Wars and has since been exclusively used by the Hellenic Air Force. Nowadays it also houses an aviation museum, displaying a variety of old aircraft types.

Sedes is home to the Air Force's 350th Guided Missile Wing and hosts

  • Guided Missile Maintenance Squadron
  • Guided Missile Training Squadron
  • 23rd Guided Missile Squadron - operating MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 batteries

References

  1. Η Ιστορία του Αεροδρομίου Σέδες και της 113 ΠΜ. Archived from the original on 2007-04-26. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
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