About this guide
This website is an independent guide to Santorini (Thira) National Airport, the island's only airport, known by the IATA code JTR and the ICAO code LGSR. We built it to answer, in plain language, the questions travellers actually ask before flying to or from Santorini, from how early to arrive to how much a taxi into Fira really costs.
About the airport
The airport sits on the east coast of the island, between the villages of Kamari and Monolithos and about 6 km from the capital, Fira. Its original terminal opened in 1989, and Fraport Greece later modernised the building, reopening the upgraded terminal in the summer of 2021. Because the airport shares its single runway with a Hellenic Air Force base, the civil terminal has stayed compact, which is worth keeping in mind when you plan your timing.
Small as it is, JTR ranks among Greece's busiest seasonal airports and handles more than two million passengers a year. Most of them travel between May and September, when dozens of daily flights link the island with Athens and cities across Europe, and the terminal feels the strain at the height of summer.
How the guide can help
Across the site you can track live arrivals and departures, see which airlines fly to JTR, and read through the terminal facilities, from the 17 check-in desks to the shops, cafes and Wi-Fi. Separate guides cover getting between the airport and Fira, Oia or the beach resorts by taxi, KTEL bus, private transfer or rental car, along with practical advice on baggage, timing and avoiding the worst of the queues.
Who writes this guide
This guide is edited by Eleni Anastasiou, our Santorini travel editor. Each page is researched and kept up to date every season, with airport transfer and taxi fares checked against the airport's own website, the KTEL Santorini bus timetable and the official taxi tariff, and border-rule pages (EES and ETIAS) cross-referenced against EU sources. Every guide shows the date it was last updated, so you can see at a glance how current the information is.
Independent and unofficial
This is an unofficial resource, not run by the airport or its authorities, and we focus on clear travel guidance rather than official announcements. We keep the practical details current as services on the island change. For anything only the airport can handle, such as lost property or a formal enquiry, contact it through the official website or by phone at +30 22860 28400.
