Olimboi

38°14'10"N 025°56'21"E

Runway: 10/28 - 1015x15meters/3330x50feet - asphalt

Air field Olimboi (Greek: Αερολιμένας Oλυμποι, also spelled as Olimpi, Olimbi, Olympoi or Olympi, ICAO: LG56) is a small airfield 195 kilometer east of Athens, on the island of Chios (Greek: Χίος), Greece.
Not much can be found on line about the airfields history. The runway is different in several ways from the runway at Polichnitos. First, it is shorter and orientated East-West. Second, it appears to have three small parking areas, two on the north side of the eastern turnaround area and the third on the south side of the western turnaround. Third, its runway markings are over 10 degrees off, it should read 09/27 if the true headings (087 and 267) were to be followed.
An oddity is also visible at the airfield: the runway markers are painted on in reverse: the eastern threshold reads '10', while the western reads '28'. Even though the airfield has no infrastructure besides the asphalt runway, it is listed as 'open'.


Olimboi airfield in 2006 (Google Earth)


Enlargement of the photo above of Olimboi threshold 10, clearly but incorrectly showing '28' and the parking to the south of the turnaround


Enlargement of the photo above of Olimboi threshold 28, clearly but incorrectly showing '10' and the two parkings to the north of the turnaround