Athens Airport, Greece: Approach over the city and landing runway 03L. ATH / LGAV. Cockpit view. 4k

Spectacular approach during perfect weather with beautiful views of the city of Athens with marked Acropolis, Euboea / Evia Island, Piraeus, the old Athens airport and Egina Island. Landing on displaced threshold Runway 03L. ATH / LGAV airport. Airbus A320 Cockpit window view with original ATIS (automatic terminal information system) audio recording and captains original passenger announcement and ATC (air traffic control) audio. Contents of the video 00:00 - Intro 00:03 - Captains announcement 00:33 - ATIS recording 00:52 - Euboea / Evia Island 08:26 - Acropolis 08:57 - Piraeus 09:15 - old Athens airport 11:08 - Aegina Island 14:48 - Phleva Island 15:54 - Varkiza Beach 18:11 - final approach: last 3 miles or 1000 feet 19:29 - overfly of runway beginning 19:35 - approaching displaced threshold We approached from the area of Thessaloniki, flew over Euboea / Evia Island and continued over the city of Athens. Finally we had to fly over the Saronic Gulf to line up with the final track for runway 03L. In the video you see the displaced threshold of runway 03L very good: That means you fly over the concrete of the runway during your final approach for about 300 meters until you reach the marked threshold. The view of a runway with displaced threshold may be a little confusing because you are normally allowed to land at the beginning of the runway. But if the runway has a displaced threshold, you are not allowed to land before the marked threshold. Due to the great weather, we had the runway early in sight and asked for a visual approach. ATC confirmed our request but did not approve it due to traffic. So we had been vectored for an ILS (instrument landing system) approach. The airport is located near the town of Spata. Driving distance to the city of Athens is about 30 km or 19 miles. The airport is also known as Eleftherios Venizelos airport. The airport opened in March of 2001. It replaced the smaller Ellinikon International Airport. This airport was near the city but had no room for further expansion. ATH airport offers two runway systems: 03R /21L (4000 m length) and 03L/21R (3800 m length). #approachanddeparturevideos #landing #airbuslanding #approach #cockpitview #captainsview #airbus #copyrightstefanbuntenbach