# Nea Anchialos National Airport (VOL / LGBL)

**Nea Anchialos National Airport** (IATA: VOL, ICAO: LGBL) is a medium airport in Nea Anchialos, Thessaly, Greece. It opened in 1991. It has one runway, 2,759 m (9,052 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 36 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VOL / LGBL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Nea Anchialos, Thessaly, Greece
- Opened: 1991
- Elevation: 25 m / 83 ft
- Coordinates: 39.2196, 22.7943
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,759 m / 9,052 ft
- Passengers: 35,777 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Athens
- Website: http://www.volosairport.gr/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nea_Anchialos_National_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26453
- Weather station: LGBL · WMO 16665
- Ident: LGBL

## Timeline

- 1991: Nea Anchialos National Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,759 m / 9,052 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 081° / 261° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 75,370 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 34,691 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 26,435 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 32,970 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 46,286 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 51,839 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 10,293 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 17,614 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 45,024 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 35,160 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 24,280 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 35,777 | Eurostat |

## Routes

4 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (4)

- [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 480 km / 298 mi · Sky Express (Greece)
- [BRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lktb.md) Brno-Tuřany Airport · Czechia · 1,206 km / 749 mi · Smartwings
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 1,829 km / 1,136 mi · Eurowings
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 1,902 km / 1,182 mi · Ryanair

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- AGW [ArGo Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/argo-airways)

### Passenger (4)

- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 1 · seasonal
- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 1 · seasonal
- GQ [Sky Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-express) · 1 · seasonal
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 36K (2025) | #2,220 of 3,974 | #464 in Europe | #31 in GR |
| Longest runway | 2,759 m / 9,052 ft | =1,719 of 29,858 | =273 in Europe | #15 in GR |
| Elevation | 25 m / 83 ft | =37,595 of 43,403 | =5,021 in Europe | #42 in GR |
| Age | Opened 1991 | =9,835 of 15,079 | =1,283 in Europe | #27 in GR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =6 in GR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | ALMIROS APP | 120.350 |
| TWR | ALMIROS TWR | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [JSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgsk.md) Skiathos Island National Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [LGTG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgtg.md) Tanagra Air Base · 118 km / 74 mi
- [KZI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkz.md) Kozani National Airport Filippos · 144 km / 89 mi
- [LGEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgel.md) Elefsis Air Base · 145 km / 90 mi
- [SKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgts.md) Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport · 145 km / 90 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: “Nea Anchialos National Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nea_Anchialos_National_Airport&oldid=1371396148), revision of 26 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/lgbl/data