Kavàla-Amigdaleòn (Καβάλα-Αμυγδαλεώνα)

40°58'22"N 024°20'29"E

Runway: 14/32 - 1620x30m/5322x98ft - asphalt

Kavàla-Amigdaleòn airfield (Greek: Καβάλα-Αμυγδαλεώνα, also known abbreviated as Amigdhaleon, ICAO: LGKM) is a sleeping airfield 335 kilometer north of Athens.
The airport was one of five constructed during the Greek Civil War in 1947 with US funds. It was a Greek Air Force military airport near the village of Amygdaleonas and officially, its intended mission was to suppress the communist partisans that were active in the region. In reality, it's runways were much stronger than needed for this mission, giving rise to the suspicion that the US in reality wanted to use the Greek airfields to strategically keep communism at bay by preparing the airfields for heavy bombers. The US paid for the support to the Greek military as an extension of the Truman Doctrine.
A civilian airport at the airfield began its operations in 1952. It served into the 1970s, when it was decided the whole airfield would be replaced with a more modern airfield near the town of Chrisoupolis. On October 12, 1981, it was relocated to the new location where it operates today.

The Greek Air Force did not release the airfield, however, and the property remains in the Air Force inventory to this day. As a sleeping site, it is (even to the military) strictly PPR.


Amigdaleòn airfield in 2003. Although the airfield is not a very active one, the Greek Air Force continues to maintain it, as evidenced by the fresh-white runway markers (Google Earth).


And again in 2013 (Google Earth).