Eerie look inside an abandoned airport

The abandoned Ellinikon International Airport. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

IT'S a haunting sight: planes sit on the runway, but they don't go anywhere. Chairs are scattered across the terminal, but nobody sits on them. Escalators take prime position, but they haven't moved in more than a decade.

Welcome to Ellinikon International Airport.

Built in 1938, it was the first airport for Greece's capital of Athens and remained its hub for 60 years.

However it was closed back in 2001 and has now fallen into ruins, with these stark photographs taken by local Vassilis Makris showing its eerie remains.

Chairs that will remain empty. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

Construction of the airport was halted while it was used as a base for the German air force during the Nazi occupation in World War II, when it was known as Kalamaki Airfield.

In the decades following, it served up to 12 million passengers a year.

Planes sit on the runway, going nowhere. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

It may soon be given a new lease of life may, with plans to redevelop it released by Lamda Development, the UK's Telegraph reported. It's hoped the airport will be turned into a huge park and marina, including shops and hotels.

Empty escalators. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

Nobody's here. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

The airport hasn't been cleaned for years. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

A cracked runway. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

The surrounds of the airport are also abandoned. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

A ruined plane left on the runway. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

It's a haunting sight. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

Graffiti abounds. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

The departures area, is less run-down than other parts of the old airport. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

Fenced in. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

Dead trees left to rot at the airport. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

The airport may soon be revamped. Picture: Vassilis Makris Source: Supplied

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