| Maleme Airport | |
| Nativename-A: | Αεροδρόμιο Μάλεμε |
| Pushpin Map: | Greece |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Greece |
| Pushpin Label: | Maleme Airport |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Type: | Public |
| City-Served: | Chania |
| Location: | Maleme |
| Elevation-F: | 16 |
| Elevation-M: | 5 |
| R1-Number: | 13/31 |
| R1-Length-F: | 3,454 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,050 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 03/21 |
| R2-Length-F: | 3,125 |
| R2-Length-M: | 950 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Source:Airliners.gr Maleme |
Maleme Airport (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αεροδρόμιο Μάλεμε) is an airport situated at Maleme, Crete. It has two runways (13/31 and 03/21) with no lights. The airport has closed for commercial aviation, but the Chania Aeroclub continues to use it.
The airport operated until 1959 as the main public airport of Chania. the Hellenic Air Force makes limited use of the facility. It is used as a military airfield.[1]
Maleme Airport became a historic World War II site when many German parachutists and mountain troops landed there in May 1941 as part of the Battle of Crete.[2]