# Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport (KVA / LGKV) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkv ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: KVA / LGKV - Type: Large airport - Operator: Fraport Greece - Serves: Kavala, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece - Opened: 1981 - Elevation: 6 m / 18 ft - Coordinates: 40.9133, 24.6192 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 3,001 m / 9,844 ft - Passengers: 318,180 (2025) - Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Athens - Website: https://www.kva-airport.gr/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavala_International_Airport (19 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676516 - Weather station: LGKV · WMO 16624 - Ident: LGKV ## Timeline - 1981: Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport opens. - 16 Jul 2022: Meridian Flight 3032. 8 killed. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 05/23 | 3,001 m / 9,844 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 248,328 | Eurostat | | 2015 | 262,915 | Eurostat | | 2016 | 275,102 | Eurostat | | 2017 | 334,812 | Eurostat | | 2018 | 398,874 | Eurostat | | 2019 | 318,386 | Eurostat | | 2020 | 74,840 | Eurostat | | 2021 | 154,238 | Eurostat | | 2022 | 259,658 | Eurostat | | 2023 | 302,199 | Eurostat | | 2024 | 292,577 | Eurostat | | 2025 | 318,180 | Eurostat | ## Routes 18 destinations in 8 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (1) - [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 336 km / 209 mi · Aegean Airlines ### Seasonal (13) - [OTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrop.md) Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · Romania · 424 km / 263 mi · Animawings - [TSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrtr.md) Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport · Romania · 606 km / 377 mi · Animawings - [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 1,022 km / 635 mi · Austrian Airlines - [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 1,307 km / 812 mi · Condor Flugdienst - [NUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddn.md) Nuremberg Airport · Germany · 1,423 km / 884 mi · Condor Flugdienst - [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 1,526 km / 948 mi · Eurowings - [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 1,605 km / 997 mi · Condor Flugdienst - [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 1,740 km / 1,081 mi · Eurowings - [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 1,788 km / 1,111 mi · Eurowings - [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 2,212 km / 1,374 mi · TUI Airways - [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 2,216 km / 1,377 mi · Jet2.com - [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 2,365 km / 1,470 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways - [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 2,437 km / 1,514 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways ### Seasonal charter (4) - [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 558 km / 347 mi · Air Serbia - [BRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lktb.md) Brno-Tuřany Airport · Czechia · 1,106 km / 687 mi · Smartwings - [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 1,282 km / 797 mi · Smartwings - [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 1,300 km / 808 mi · Smartwings ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KVA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (9) - DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 3 · seasonal - EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 3 · seasonal - LS [Jet2.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet2-com) · 3 · seasonal - QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 3 · seasonal charter - BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 3 · seasonal - AWG [Animawings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/animawings) · 2 · seasonal - A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1 - JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1 · seasonal charter - OS [Austrian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/austrian-airlines) · 1 · seasonal ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 318K (2025) | #1,312 of 3,974 | #286 in Europe | #21 in GR | | Longest runway | 3,001 m / 9,844 ft | =1,189 of 29,858 | =164 in Europe | #11 in GR | | Elevation | 6 m / 18 ft | =41,596 of 43,403 | =5,607 in Europe | #60 in GR | | Age | Opened 1981 | =8,229 of 15,079 | =1,236 in Europe | #25 in GR | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =6 in GR | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/G | RDO | 563.700 | | APP | KAVALA APP | 122.100 | | TWR | TWR | 118.400 | ## Nearby airports - [AXD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgal.md) Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport · 113 km / 70 mi - [PDV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbpd.md) Plovdiv International Airport · 130 km / 81 mi - [SKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgts.md) Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport · 146 km / 91 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: “Kavala International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kavala_International_Airport&oldid=1372654182), revision of 1 Sep 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/lgkv/data