Thessaloniki Airport

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Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia"

Αεροδρόμιο Θεσσαλονίκης «Μακεδονία»[1][2]
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerGovernment of Greece[3]
OperatorFraport Greece
ServesThessaloniki
LocationThermi, Greece
Opened1948 (for public)
Hub for
Operating base forRyanair
Time zoneEastern European Time (UTC+02:00)
 • Summer (DST)Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)
Elevation AMSL6.83 m / 22 ft
Coordinates40°31′11″N 22°58′15.3″E / 40.51972°N 22.970917°E / 40.51972; 22.970917
Websitewww.skg-airport.gr/en/
Maps
Map of the airport
Map of the airport
SKG is located in Greece
SKG
SKG
Location of the airport in Greece
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,440 11,286 Asphalt
16/34 2,424 7,953 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers7,029,957
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 18.7%
Aircraft movements54,658
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 11.5%
Sources: Greek AIP[4][5][6]
Statistics: Fraport Greece[7]

Thessaloniki Airport (IATA: SKG, ICAO: LGTS), officially Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia"[8] (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Θεσσαλονίκης «Μακεδονία», romanized: Kratikós Aeroliménas Thessaloníkis "Makedonía")[9] and formerly Mikra Airport, is an international airport serving Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece. It is located 13 km (8 mi) southeast of the city, in Thermi.[4]

The airport is the third-largest airport in the country after Athens International Airport and Heraklion International Airport. It opened in 1930 and was the second-busiest airport in Greece in terms of flights served and the third-busiest in terms of passengers served in 2016, with over 6 million passengers. It is the main airport of Northern Greece and apart from the city of Thessaloniki it also serves the popular tourist destination of Chalkidiki and the surrounding cities of Macedonia. The Athens–Thessaloniki route is the tenth busiest in the EU with 1.8 million passengers.[10] To cope with demand, a second terminal was constructed in conjunction with Fraport and formally opened in 2021.[11]

  1. ^ "Αεροδρόμιο Θεσσαλονίκης "Μακεδονία"". Fraport Greece (in Greek). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ^ "14 Regional Airports". Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Fraport Greece Commences 40-Year Concession at 14 Greek Regional Airports". Copelouzos Group. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b "AIP AD 2 LGTS-1 GREECE 02 NOV 2023" (PDF). Hellenic Aviation Service Provider. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  5. ^ "EAD Basic". Ead.eurocontrol.int. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  6. ^ "MAKEDONIA". World Aero Data. WorldAeroData.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Thessaloniki Airport Air Traffic statistics". Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. ^ "THESSALONIKI AIRPORT "MAKEDONIA"". Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Θεσσαλονίκης "Μακεδονία" (ΚΑΘΜ)". Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  10. ^ "International intra-EU air passenger transport by reporting country and EU partner country". www.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Eurostat. 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Αεροδρόμιο Μακεδονία: Το 2019 μεταφέρεται η λειτουργία του νέου "υπερατλαντικού" διαδρόμου" [Makedonia Airport: the operation of the new "transcontinental" runway is being pushed back to 2019]. www.ypodomes.gr. Retrieved 24 February 2018.