Sedes Air Base Explained

Sedes Airport
Nativename-A:Αεροδρόμιο Σέδες
Icao:LGSD
Type:Military
Owner:Hellenic Air Force
City-Served:25px|border Thessaloniki
Location:25px|border Macedonia, Greece
Elevation-F:81
Elevation-M:27
Website:(Website)
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:4,126
R1-Length-M:1,257
R1-Surface:PSP metal mesh

Sedes Airport is a military airport 15 km east of Thessaloniki, Greece, and 3 km northeast of Thessaloniki's Macedonia International Airport. Sedes airport started operating during the Balkan Wars[1] and has since been exclusively used by the Hellenic Air Force. Nowadays it also houses an aviation museum, displaying a variety of old aircraft types.

Sedes is home to the Air Force's 350th Guided Missile Wing and hosts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.haf.gr/el/structure/units/day/units/sedes.asp . el:Η Ιστορία του Αεροδρομίου Σέδες και της 113 ΠΜ. 2008-09-14 . 2007-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070426133040/http://www.haf.gr/el/structure/units/day/units/sedes.asp . live .