Skopje International Airport

This article is about the Skopje Airport. For other uses, see Alexander the Great Airport.
Skopje International Airport

Меѓународен аеродром Скопје
Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Shkupit
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorTAV Airports
ServesSkopje
LocationPetrovec, North Macedonia
Opened1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL238 m / 781 ft
Coordinates41°57′40″N 021°37′37″E / 41.96111°N 21.62694°E / 41.96111; 21.62694
Websiteskp.airports.com.mk
Map
SKP/LWSK is located in North Macedonia
SKP/LWSK
SKP/LWSK
Location within North Macedonia
SKP/LWSK is located in Europe
SKP/LWSK
SKP/LWSK
SKP/LWSK (Europe)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,042 9,992 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers2,883,378
Passenger change 2022-23Increase 34.8%
Aircraft movements21,985
Movements change 2022-23Increase 38%
Cargo (tons)3,585
Cargo change 2022-23Increase 36%
Source: Republic of North Macedonia AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Skopje International Airport[2][3][4] (Macedonian: Меѓународен аеродром Скопје, Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Shkupit) (IATA: SKP, ICAO: LWSK), also known as Skopje Airport (Аеродром Скопје, Aeroporti i Shkupit) and Petrovec Airport is the larger and busier of the two international airports in North Macedonia, with the other being the St. Paul the Apostle Airport in Ohrid, which is located 170 km (110 mi) southwest[1] from the national capital Skopje. The airport was previously named Skopje Alexander the Great Airport.

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