Syros Island National Airport is an airport

Airport

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 serving Syros Island in Greece

Greece

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. It is also known as Syros National Airport "Demetrius Vikelas" , named for Demetrius Vikelas

Demetrius Vikelas

Demetrios Vikelas, or Bikelas was a Greek businessman and writer; he was the first president of the International Olympic Committee , from 1894 to 1896....

 (1835–1908), a Greek businessman and writer born in Ermoupoli

Ermoupoli

Ermoupoli , also known by the formal older name Ermoupolis or Hermoupolis , is a town and former municipality on the island of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Syros-Ermoupoli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...

 on the island of Syros.

Syros is part of the Cyclades

Cyclades

The Cyclades is a Greek island group in the Aegean Sea, south-east of the mainland of Greece; and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name refers to the islands around the sacred island of Delos...

 island group in the Aegean Sea

Aegean Sea

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, located 78 nautical miles (144 km) southeast of Athens

Athens

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 236 feet (72 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 18/36 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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surface measuring 1080 by 30 m (3,543.3 by 98.4 ).