FS2004 Samos Airport, LGSM, Greece

Named after ancient astronomer and mathematician Aristarchos of Samos, who was the first to present that the Sun was at the center of the known universe and that the Earth revolved around it and put the planets in their correct order of distance from the sun. His theories were often rejected in favor of those from Aristotle and Ptolemy that tended to be more Earth-centric.

This airport is nestled snuggly on Samos Island, Greece about five kilometers from the town of Pythagorio.

Name: Samos Island Country: Greece IATA code: SMI ICAO code: LGSM Runway length: 2030m (6660 ft) Runway elevation: 6 m (20 ft) Position (lat/lon): 37.7000, 26.9000 GMT offset: 2.0 h

A single runway services both arrivals and departures, with the mountains and sea at the end of the runway leaving little room for error on behalf of the pilots. Flights from this airport are provided by Adria Airways, Air Berlin, Albastar, Arkefly, Astra Airlines, Austrian Airlines (operated by Tyrolean Airways), Danish Air Transport, Jetairfly, Jet Time, Niki, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Olympic Air, Small Planet Airlines, Sky Express, SmartWings, Thomson Airways, Transavia, and Tulfly Nordic with destinations to such places as Hanburg, Munich, Zurich, Verona, Amsterdam, Vienna, Copenhagen, Brussels, Athens, Prague, London, and Helsinki.

Due to increased traffic in the early 2000s, the terminal was renovated.​

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