Larissa Air Base, also serving as a national multinational air base, lies near Larissa in the Thessaly region of central Greece. Dating to 1912, it is among the oldest aviation sites in the country and is operated by the Hellenic Air Force's 110th Combat Wing. The airfield has two parallel asphalt-concrete runways, each about 2,960 metres long (08/26 and 08R/26L). It served as Larissa's commercial airport until 1997, when it closed to civilian traffic. In 2018 it temporarily hosted U.S.