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Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) to Patras

KTEL Achaias runs a Patras to Araxos route as part of its local network; there is no dedicated airport shuttle.

  • KTEL Achaias runs a Patras to Araxos service as one of its ordinary Achaia routes.
  • There is no dedicated airport shuttle, and no airport branded service.
  • Araxos is about 40 km west of Patras, near Kato Achaia at the north west corner of the Peloponnese.
  • The terminal is seasonal. It opens for summer charter flights and is quiet the rest of the year.
  • Book a transfer or a hire car if you are arriving on a package, which is what most traffic here is.
  • Patras is the ferry port for Italy, and that connection is the reason many arrivals head straight there.

An airfield rather than an airport

  • Araxos is a Hellenic Air Force base with a civil terminal attached, opened for seasonal traffic.
  • The passenger operation is small and summer weighted, which is why no operator runs a dedicated shuttle.
  • KTEL Achaias serves Araxos on its local Achaia network, in both directions from Patras.

Getting to Patras

  • About 40 km east, along the coast past Kato Achaia.
  • The KTEL call centre is on +30 2610 623 886 to 888, and tickets are sold online at eticket.ktelachaias.gr.
  • Neither the operator nor the airport publishes an airport fare, so ask when booking.

Why Patras matters

  • Patras is the main ferry port for Italy: Ancona, Bari, Brindisi and Venice.
  • It is also the road head for the western Peloponnese, with coaches to Pyrgos for Olympia and to Kalavryta in the mountains.

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