Hellenikon Air Base Hellenikon Air Base Hellenikon Air Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force base located in Athens, Greece. After its closure, it was redeveloped into Ellinikon International Airport. The airport was built in 1938, and after the German invasion of Greece in 1941, Kalamaki Airfield was used as a Luftwaffe air base during the occupation. Following the end of World War II, the Greek government allowed the United States to use the airport from 1945 until 1993. Known as Hassani Airport in 1945, it was used by the United States Army Air Forces as early as 1 October 1945, as
Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela) Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela) Simón Bolívar International Airport or Maiquetía "Simón Bolívar" International Airport (, ) is an international airport located in Maiquetía, Vargas, Venezuela about from downtown Caracas, the capital of the country. Simply called "Maiquetía" by the local population, it is the main international air passenger gateway to Venezuela. It handles flights to destinations in the Americas, the Caribbean and some in Europe. The airport opened in 1945 as the Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía. The site had been recommended as an appropriate location for an airport by Charles Lindbergh on behalf of Pan Am. The USA subsidised