# Kalymnos Airport (JKL / LGKY)

**Kalymnos Airport** (IATA: JKL, ICAO: LGKY) is a small airport in Kalymnos Island, South Aegean, Greece. It opened in 2006. It has one runway, 1,015 m (3,330 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Olympic Air. In 2025 it handled 15 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JKL / LGKY
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Olympic Air
- Serves: Kalymnos Island, South Aegean, Greece
- Opened: 2006
- Elevation: 235 m / 771 ft
- Coordinates: 36.9633, 26.9406
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,015 m / 3,330 ft
- Passengers: 14,869 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Athens
- Website: http://www.hcaa-eleng.gr/kalymnos.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalymnos_Island_National_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3498238
- Weather station: LGKO · WMO 16742
- Ident: LGKY

## Timeline

- 2006: Kalymnos Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,015 m / 3,330 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 26,840 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 27,238 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 20,213 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 13,140 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 10,668 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 9,210 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 5,581 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 8,935 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 13,969 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 13,602 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 15,679 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 14,869 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [KGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgko.md) Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" · Greece · 23 km / 14 mi · Sky Express (Greece)
- [LRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgle.md) Leros Airport · Greece · 28 km / 17 mi · Sky Express (Greece)
- [JTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgpl.md) Astypalaia Airport · Greece · 66 km / 41 mi · Sky Express (Greece)
- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 120 km / 75 mi · Sky Express (Greece)
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 286 km / 178 mi · Sky Express (Greece)

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- GQ [Sky Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-express) · 5

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 15K (2025) | #2,548 of 3,974 | #522 in Europe | #36 in GR |
| Longest runway | 1,015 m / 3,330 ft | =13,383 of 29,858 | =1,411 in Europe | =47 in GR |
| Elevation | 235 m / 771 ft | =21,974 of 43,403 | =1,914 in Europe | #10 in GR |
| Age | Opened 2006 | =12,210 of 15,079 | =1,347 in Europe | #31 in GR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =6 in GR |

## Nearby airports

- [KGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgko.md) Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" · 23 km / 14 mi
- [LRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgle.md) Leros Airport · 28 km / 17 mi
- [JTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgpl.md) Astypalaia Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [BXN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbv.md) Bodrum-Imsık Airport · 68 km / 42 mi
- [BJV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfe.md) Milas Bodrum International Airport · 72 km / 44 mi
- [SMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgsm.md) Samos Airport · 81 km / 50 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: “Kalymnos Island National Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kalymnos_Island_National_Airport&oldid=1367340665), 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/lgky/data