Hellenikon Air Base Cyprus (1975), Ethiopia (1977), and Iran (1979, 1981). The American base was renamed Hellenikon Air Base on 25 February 1976, and also provided administrative and logistical support to U.S. units and organizations in Greece, the Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean, and parts of Africa. With the end of the Cold War, it was agreed to end the USAF presence at the airport and the United States closed its facilities in 1993. In 1963, the Finnish star architect Eero Saarinen designed the East Terminal building. Prior to closing its passenger service, the airport was serving 12 million passengers per year. Hellenikon Air
Southern Zone International Airport with a long runway capable of receive the Airbus A380, but this project has been recently rejected by the government because of the high cost and the environmental impact such an airport can cause. The project will have a total cost of US $42 millions and the environmental impact and other assessment studies are under way. When open, the airport will be the third largest in the country, after Juan Santamaría International Airport and Daniel Oduber International Airport Southern Zone International Airport Southern Zone International Airport () (this is a provisional name, as the project has not received a formal