SMI

Samos Airport

ICAO LGSM37.6900°N 26.9117°E6 m / 19 ftMedium airport
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Samos Airport (IATA: SMI, ICAO: LGSM) is a medium airport in Samos Island, North Aegean, Greece. It opened in 1963. It has one runway, 2,044 m (6,706 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Fraport Greece. In 2025 it handled 496 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1963–1963
1963
OpenedSamos Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27094° / 274° · LIT
LENGTH2,044 m6,706 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
406K
418K
363K
405K
438K
457K
157K
290K
490K
476K
487K
496K
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Routes

21 destinations · 11 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miJKH · Chios Island National Airport · 99 km / 62 miMJT · Mytilene International Airport · 154 km / 96 miRHO · Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · 177 km / 110 miATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 262 km / 163 miLXS · Limnos Airport · 287 km / 178 miSKG · Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport · 463 km / 288 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 1,430 km / 889 miMUC · Munich Airport · 1,702 km / 1,058 miPRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague · 1,707 km / 1,061 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 1,744 km / 1,084 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 1,847 km / 1,148 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 2,002 km / 1,244 miDUS · Düsseldorf Airport · 2,186 km / 1,358 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 2,296 km / 1,427 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 2,364 km / 1,469 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 2,597 km / 1,614 miSTN · London Stansted Airport · 2,606 km / 1,619 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 2,756 km / 1,712 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 2,831 km / 1,759 miARN · Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · 2,524 km / 1,568 miTRD · Trondheim Airport, Værnes · 3,060 km / 1,901 miTRDMANSTNARNAMSFRAZRHMXPPRGVIESKGATHRHOBHXBRUDUSMUCLXSMJTJKHLGWSMI
Seasonal14
MJTMytilene International AirportGreece · TUI Airways154 km96 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines1,430 km889 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Discover Airlines1,702 km1,058 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings1,707 km1,061 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Neos1,744 km1,084 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air1,847 km1,148 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst2,002 km1,244 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings2,186 km1,358 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines, TUI fly Belgium2,296 km1,427 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia2,364 km1,469 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,597 km1,614 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,606 km1,619 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,756 km1,712 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,831 km1,759 mi
Most destinationsSky Express (Greece) 5Jet2.com 3TUI Airways 2Scandinavian Airlines 2Aegean Airlines 1Olympic Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SMI. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Samos International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers496K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,116of 3,974 · #252 Europe · #16 GRLongest runway2,044 m6,706 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,732of 29,823 · #700 Europe · #31 GRElevation6 m19 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,473of 43,341 · =5,589 Europe · #59 GRAgeOpened 19632026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,069of 15,079 · =988 Europe · #12 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
APPAPP122.100
TWRTWR122.100