The “Alexandros Papadiamantis” airport on Skiathos was voted one of the most interesting for plane spotting, having caught the attention of the international community of plane spotters, a special audience that travels to photograph and follow the aircraft take-off and land from nearby.
The airport is located between two beaches, The impressive thing is that anyone can see the takeoff and landing of every plane at such close quarters. This only occurs in Skiathos and at St. Martin in the Caribbean. However, the location in Skiathos is even more impressive.
The feeling that you could touch the sea a few seconds before landing is thrilling. Furthermore, “to be just a few meters from the start of the runway is truly a special experience of how a plane makes a landing according to the passengers who visited Skiathos.
For 2020, 74 airports were selected for the poll with very different criteria, such as their location and whether that was close to urban areas, in the island, coastal, or mountain areas.
The list of participating airports was also based on those that had been most popular with voters in preceding years. Voters were asked to choose their favorite airport in every category with Skiathos airport featuring for the first time among the most “Scenic Airports” in Europe.
Voters commented on the “amazingly diverse landscape” of Donegal airport in Ireland which made it to the first place and the “beautiful beaches close to the airport” on Skiathos.
The results of PrivateFly’s “Scenic Airports” annual poll were a wonderful reminder of the pleasure brought by traveling as well as by the flights themselves.
