SKG
Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport
Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (IATA: SKG, ICAO: LGTS) is a large airport in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It opened in 1930. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,440 m (11,286 ft). It is operated by Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority. In 2025 it handled 8.0 million passengers.
Timeline
3 events · 1930–20171930
OpenedThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport opens.
04 JUL 2000
DisasterMalév Flight 262.No deaths
11 APR 2017
MilestoneFraport Greece becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap10/28104° / 284° · LIT
LENGTH3,440 m11,286 ftWIDTH50 m164 ftSURFACEAsphalt
16/34166° / 346° · LIT
LENGTH2,410 m7,907 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–20255.0M
5.4M
5.7M
6.3M
6.4M
6.7M
2.3M
3.5M
5.9M
7.0M
7.4M
8.0M
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Routes
103 destinations · 34 countriesYear-round59
LXSLimnos AirportGreece · Olympic Air204 km127 miSKUSkiros AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece)216 km134 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines299 km186 miMJTMytilene International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines350 km217 miJKHChios Island National AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Olympic Air364 km226 miKLXKalamata AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines392 km244 miJIKIkaria AirportGreece · Olympic Air429 km267 miSMISamos AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Olympic Air463 km288 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Aegean Airlines, Turkish Airlines491 km305 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Ryanair518 km322 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia525 km326 miKGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Aegean Airlines547 km340 miCHQChania International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines564 km350 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Ryanair, Aegean Airlines608 km378 miRHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines638 km396 miZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Ryanair806 km501 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair, Wizz Air823 km511 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · SkyUp858 km533 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair904 km562 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Aegean Airlines908 km564 miBTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Ryanair965 km600 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair, Austrian Airlines985 km612 miTSFTreviso AirportItaly · Ryanair1,043 km648 miPFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Ryanair1,057 km657 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair1,091 km678 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Sky Express (Greece), Wizz Air, Aegean Airlines1,127 km700 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,217 km756 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Aegean Airlines, Lufthansa1,242 km772 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Aegean Airlines1,263 km785 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Aegean Airlines1,286 km799 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines1,304 km810 miFMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair1,308 km813 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Ryanair1,365 km848 miHFAUri Michaeli Haifa International AirportIsrael · Air Haifa1,374 km854 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Aegean Airlines1,385 km861 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Aegean Airlines1,385 km861 miPOZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Ryanair1,403 km872 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings, Aegean Airlines1,414 km879 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Wizz Air, Aegean Airlines, Arkia +11,425 km885 miFKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Ryanair1,489 km925 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Ryanair, easyJet, Aegean Airlines1,501 km933 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian1,522 km946 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Aegean Airlines, Lufthansa1,541 km958 miHHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Ryanair1,610 km1,000 miKUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Wizz Air1,636 km1,017 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings1,677 km1,042 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Sky Express (Greece), Eurowings, Aegean Airlines1,727 km1,073 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings, Aegean Airlines1,752 km1,089 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Aegean Airlines1,754 km1,090 miNRNWeeze (Niederrhein) AirportGermany · Ryanair1,782 km1,107 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair1,809 km1,124 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Aegean Airlines1,833 km1,139 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia1,861 km1,156 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia1,905 km1,184 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Ryanair1,908 km1,186 miGOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Ryanair2,053 km1,276 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet2,134 km1,326 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair2,144 km1,332 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Ryanair, Scandinavian Airlines2,156 km1,340 miSeasonal54
CFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Ryanair280 km174 miZTHZakynthos International Airport Dionysios SolomosGreece · Aegean Airlines357 km222 miJSYSyros AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines385 km239 miJMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines400 km249 miKVOMorava AirportSerbia · Air Serbia416 km258 miPASParos National AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines431 km268 miJNXNaxos Island National AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines435 km270 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Aegean Airlines437 km272 miMLOMilos AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines445 km277 miDBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Aegean Airlines453 km281 miJTRSantorini International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines507 km315 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · TAROM, Animawings518 km322 miSJJSarajevo International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Ryanair530 km329 miCHQChania International AirportGreece · Ryanair564 km350 miTSRTimișoara Traian Vuia International AirportRomania · Animawings603 km375 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Animawings699 km434 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair732 km455 miIASIaşi International AirportRomania · Animawings829 km515 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Aegean Airlines1,025 km637 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair1,055 km656 miBZOBolzano AirportItaly · Sky Alps1,146 km712 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings1,263 km785 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet1,286 km799 miWMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair1,338 km831 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Aegean Airlines1,365 km848 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Tus Airways, Sun d'Or International Airlines1,425 km885 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet1,460 km907 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair1,654 km1,028 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · Eurowings, Aegean Airlines1,667 km1,036 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Aegean Airlines1,677 km1,042 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · FlyOne, Aegean Airlines1,812 km1,126 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair1,815 km1,128 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic1,825 km1,134 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Transavia1,833 km1,139 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Ryanair, Scandinavian Airlines1,841 km1,144 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Aegean Airlines1,842 km1,145 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Aegean Airlines1,859 km1,155 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · easyJet1,905 km1,184 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, British Airways2,134 km1,326 miLCYLondon City AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways2,136 km1,327 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,144 km1,332 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,156 km1,340 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways2,166 km1,346 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet2,180 km1,355 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Ryanair, Finnair2,206 km1,371 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,286 km1,420 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways2,293 km1,425 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet2,306 km1,433 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle2,336 km1,452 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,359 km1,466 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet2,369 km1,472 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,427 km1,508 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,570 km1,597 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair2,613 km1,624 miSeasonal charter5
VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Smartwings985 km612 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Smartwings1,147 km713 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Enter Air1,304 km810 miPOZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Enter Air, Smartwings1,403 km872 miGDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Enter Air1,577 km980 miMost destinationsAegean Airlines 39Ryanair 34Sky Express (Greece) 12Jet2.com 9easyJet 8Eurowings 5
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SKG. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Thessaloniki Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
6 channelsA/GRDO563.700
APPAPP120.800
ATISATIS127.550
CLDCLNC DEL118.050
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR118.100