Limnos Airport

ICAO LGLM39.9171°N 25.2363°E4 m / 14 ftSmall airport

Limnos Airport (IATA: LXS, ICAO: LGLM) is a small airport in Limnos Island, North Aegean, Greece. It opened in 1959. It has one runway, 3,016 m (9,895 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority. In 2025 it handled 168 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1959–1959

1959

OpenedLimnos Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

04R/22L043° / 223° · LIT

LENGTH3,016 m9,895 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

100K

111K

96K

92K

101K

111K

61K

85K

122K

125K

155K

168K

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Routes

9 destinations · 3 countries

Year-round7

MJTMytilene International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece)151 km94 mi JKHChios Island National AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece)192 km119 mi SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Olympic Air204 km127 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines247 km153 mi JIKIkaria AirportGreece · Olympic Air266 km165 mi SMISamos AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece)287 km178 mi RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Sky Express (Greece)463 km288 mi

Seasonal3

ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Ryanair247 km153 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines1,143 km710 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair2,269 km1,410 mi

Most destinationsSky Express (Greece) 5Olympic Air 2Aegean Airlines 1Ryanair 1Austrian Airlines 1Finnair 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LXS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Lemnos International Airport” (revision of 19 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers168K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,616of 3,974 · #346 Europe · #25 GR Longest runway3,016 m9,895 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,139of 29,823 · #152 Europe · #8 GR Elevation4 m14 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,950of 43,341 · =5,663 Europe · #64 GR AgeOpened 19592026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,466of 15,079 · =912 Europe · =10 GR Runways11 · 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

APPAPP122.100

TWRTWR122.100