AXD

Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport

ICAO LGAL40.8559°N 25.9563°E7 m / 24 ftMedium airport
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Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport (IATA: AXD, ICAO: LGAL) is a medium airport in Alexandroupolis, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. It opened in 1944. It has one runway, 2,582 m (8,471 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority. In 2025 it handled 329 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1944–1944
1944
OpenedAlexandroupoli Democritus Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
07/25073° / 253° · LIT
LENGTH2,582 m8,471 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
159K
169K
162K
169K
210K
238K
129K
158K
248K
280K
302K
329K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsSky Express (Greece) 2Aegean Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AXD. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Alexandroupoli Airport” (revision of 2 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers329K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,297of 3,974 · #280 Europe · #19 GRLongest runway2,582 m8,471 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,169of 29,823 · #330 Europe · #20 GRElevation7 m24 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,916of 43,341 · =5,513 Europe · #57 GRAgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =702 Europe · #8 GRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =6 GR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
A/GALEXANDROUPOLIS RDO563.700
APPALEXANDROUPOLIS APP123.800
TWRALEXANDROUPOLIS TWR123.800