# Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport (AXD / LGAL)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgal

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AXD / LGAL
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority
- Serves: Alexandroupolis, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
- Opened: 1944
- Elevation: 7 m / 24 ft
- Coordinates: 40.8559, 25.9563
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,582 m / 8,471 ft
- Passengers: 329,185 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Athens
- Website: http://www.alxd.gr/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandroupoli_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430762
- Weather station: LGAL · WMO 16627
- Ident: LGAL

## Timeline

- 1944: Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,582 m / 8,471 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 073° / 253° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 158,740 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 168,629 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 161,635 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 168,615 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 210,383 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 237,542 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 128,513 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 157,670 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 247,883 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 279,860 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 301,835 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 329,185 | Eurostat |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 368 km / 229 mi · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines
- [JSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgst.md) Sitia Airport · Greece · 627 km / 390 mi · Sky Express (Greece)

### Seasonal (1)

- [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 617 km / 383 mi · Aegean Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AXD, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 2
- GQ [Sky Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-express) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 329K (2025) | #1,297 of 3,974 | #282 in Europe | #19 in GR |
| Longest runway | 2,582 m / 8,471 ft | #2,170 of 29,858 | #332 in Europe | #20 in GR |
| Elevation | 7 m / 24 ft | =40,976 of 43,403 | =5,524 in Europe | #57 in GR |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =702 in Europe | #8 in GR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =6 in GR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | ALEXANDROUPOLIS RDO | 563.700 |
| APP | ALEXANDROUPOLIS APP | 123.800 |
| TWR | ALEXANDROUPOLIS TWR | 123.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [TR-0028](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tr-0028.md) Keşan Air Base · 55 km / 34 mi
- [CKZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbh.md) Çanakkale Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [KVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkv.md) Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport · 113 km / 70 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Alexandroupoli Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexandroupoli_Airport&oldid=1367357756), revision of 2 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgal/data