Santorini Airport

I will never complain about Gatwick or Stansted again. Arrived at Santorini airport 3 hours before departure after being told about the terrible system they had in place and even then after booking in going through security and passport control we had to go straight to the gate to board the plane - no time for shopping refreshments or even to go to the toilet! The staff were officious rude and completely inept! If the plane had left at the time it should have it would have been empty. A lovely holiday spoiled by the last memories of the island.

We visited Santorini for the beautiful views and the resorts and were not disappointed. The people were charming and welcoming. The airport however is a disgrace and after viewing all the charm the island offers my last impression is of an airport that is dirty garbage strewn terrible washrooms poor decorations terrible TV sound and choice of what's on TV one food provider only with terribly high concession prices.

Used this airport in July to fly Olympic to Athens. It is simply fantastic with an open roof garden looking to the runway and Aegean. Clean toilets and limited shops.

Used the airport last week love the terminal building it is so charming with lots of white and blue colours and the second floor terrace is really nice! The only down side is the gift shop and food outlet is too expensive and the airport is a bit small - but luckily there is only one flight at that time so it is still bearable.

It is like going back 30 years but if you are lucky not to have 5 flights departing at the same time it works and everything goes fast. The upstairs terrace is really nice and allows you to catch the last Greek sun.

Tiny. If more than one flight is waiting to board you'll have a hard time getting a seat in the bar or gate area. Typically overpriced but a great view of the runway from the bar. Not a bad place to fly in/out of.

Arrived from Athens. Small compact airport. Nothing to complain. My flight was the only flight to land that evening and the airport was close to the water's edge so it was a very welcoming sight on arrival. No connecting bridges. You walk down the plane and straight into the arrival hall. Almost spartan arrival hall with only 1 conveyer belt for baggages. Walked out of customs and straight into a horde of touts and a very large carpark. Airport is just 15 minutes away from Fira by car the biggest town on the island.

Santorini is a lovely island with and ever growing number of visitors. The airport however leaves a lot to be desired! When you get to the airport you have to queue outside in seperate queues for your flight depending on take off times. So whoever has the earliest flights gets into the airport first. You have to put all luggage through an x-ray machine before you reach checking which I have no problem under the present climate but the security person was chatting to a youg lady rather than looking at the x-ray! With 8 check-in desk and 2 per flight it was mayhem once you have checked in you then go through security again which took at least 30 minutes and after that you stand in an area no more than the area of a house and with 2 or 3 flights waiting to board that got very congested. You can escape to a viewing area but like with our flight some passenger missed the call for boarding and were late - making the plane 45 minutes late. It is a shame that such a nice Island is let down majorly by it's airport.