KVA

Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport

ICAO LGKV40.9133°N 24.6192°E6 m / 18 ftLarge airport
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Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport (IATA: KVA, ICAO: LGKV) is a large airport in Kavala, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. It opened in 1981. It has one runway, 3,001 m (9,844 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Fraport Greece. In 2025 it handled 318 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1981–2022
1981
OpenedKavala Alexander the Great International Airport opens.
16 JUL 2022
DisasterMeridian Flight 3032.8 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
05/23055° / 235° · LIT
LENGTH3,001 m9,844 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
248K
263K
275K
335K
399K
318K
75K
154K
260K
302K
293K
318K
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Routes

18 destinations · 8 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 336 km / 209 miOTP · Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · 424 km / 263 miTSR · Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport · 606 km / 377 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 1,022 km / 635 miMUC · Munich Airport · 1,307 km / 812 miNUE · Nuremberg Airport · 1,423 km / 884 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 1,526 km / 948 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 1,605 km / 997 miCGN · Cologne Bonn Airport · 1,740 km / 1,081 miDUS · Düsseldorf Airport · 1,788 km / 1,111 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 2,212 km / 1,374 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 2,216 km / 1,377 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 2,365 km / 1,470 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 2,437 km / 1,514 miBEG · Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · 558 km / 347 miBRQ · Brno-Tuřany Airport · 1,106 km / 687 miWAW · Warsaw Chopin Airport · 1,282 km / 797 miPRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague · 1,300 km / 808 miMANSTNDUSFRABERMUCPRGWAWBRQTSROTPATHBHXLGWNUEVIEBEGCGNKVA
Seasonal13
OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Animawings424 km263 miTSRTimișoara Traian Vuia International AirportRomania · Animawings606 km377 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines1,022 km635 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst1,307 km812 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst1,423 km884 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings1,526 km948 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst1,605 km997 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings1,740 km1,081 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings1,788 km1,111 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,212 km1,374 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,216 km1,377 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways2,365 km1,470 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways2,437 km1,514 mi
Most destinationsCondor Flugdienst 3Eurowings 3TUI Airways 3Jet2.com 3Smartwings 3Animawings 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KVA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Kavala International Airport” (revision of 1 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers318K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,312of 3,974 · #284 Europe · #21 GRLongest runway3,001 m9,844 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,189of 29,823 · =163 Europe · #11 GRElevation6 m18 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,536of 43,341 · =5,596 Europe · #60 GRAgeOpened 19812026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,235of 15,079 · =1,234 Europe · #25 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/GRDO563.700
APPKAVALA APP122.100
TWRTWR118.400