athens_international_airport | location | spata <sep> athens international airport eleftherios venizelos (greek: διεθνής αερολιμένας αθηνών «ελευθέριος βενιζέλος», diethnís aeroliménas athinón 'elefthérios venizélos'), commonly initialised as aia (iata: ath, icao: lgav), is the largest international airport in greece, serving the city of athens and region of attica it began operation on 28 march 2001 (in time for the 2004 summer olympics) and is the main base of aegean airlines, as well as other smaller greek airlines it replaced the old ellinikon international airport  athens international is currently a member of group 1 of airports council international (over 25 million passengers) as of 2022, it is the 19th-busiest airport in europe and the busiest and largest in the balkans 
athens international airport is in spata.no information