# Skopje International Airport (SKP / LWSK)

**Skopje International Airport** (IATA: SKP, ICAO: LWSK) is a large airport in Ilinden, Skopje Statistical Region, North Macedonia. It opened in 1928. It has one runway, 2,950 m (9,678 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by TAV Airports Holding. In 2025 it handled 3.2 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SKP / LWSK
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: TAV Airports Holding
- Serves: Ilinden, Skopje Statistical Region, North Macedonia
- Opened: 1928 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 238 m / 781 ft
- Coordinates: 41.9581, 21.6226
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,950 m / 9,678 ft
- Passengers: 3,206,827 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Skopje
- Website: http://skp.airports.com.mk
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje_International_Airport (41 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1142389
- Weather station: LWSK · WMO 13586
- Ident: LWSK

## Timeline

- 1928: Skopje International Airport opens.
- 5 Mar 1993: Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301. 83 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,950 m / 9,678 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 165° / 345° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,208,359 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,452,373 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,649,374 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,861,282 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 2,152,746 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,353,327 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 709,241 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 1,266,230 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 2,134,988 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 2,877,450 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 2,946,763 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 3,206,827 | Eurostat |

## Routes

53 destinations in 22 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (45)

- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 335 km / 208 mi · Air Serbia
- [BRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libd.md) Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · Italy · 415 km / 258 mi · Wizz Air
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 489 km / 304 mi · Aegean Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 596 km / 370 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [ZAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldza.md) Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport · Croatia · 612 km / 380 mi · Croatia Airlines
- [ADB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbj.md) Adnan Menderes International Airport · Türkiye · 622 km / 386 mi · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 623 km / 387 mi · Wizz Air
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 636 km / 395 mi · Wizz Air
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 651 km / 405 mi · Pegasus Airlines, AJet
- [LJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ljlj.md) Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport · Slovenia · 743 km / 462 mi · Wizz Air
- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 772 km / 480 mi · Wizz Air
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 776 km / 482 mi · Wizz Air
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 791 km / 492 mi · Austrian Airlines
- [TSF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liph.md) Treviso Airport · Italy · 860 km / 534 mi · Wizz Air
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 884 km / 549 mi · Wizz Air
- [MLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lmml.md) Malta International Airport · Malta · 917 km / 570 mi · Wizz Air
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 968 km / 601 mi · SunExpress
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 1,040 km / 646 mi · Wizz Air
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 1,068 km / 664 mi · Wizz Air
- [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 1,117 km / 694 mi · Wizz Air
- [FDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edny.md) Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen · Germany · 1,145 km / 711 mi · Wizz Air
- [NUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddn.md) Nuremberg Airport · Germany · 1,170 km / 727 mi · Wizz Air
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 1,198 km / 744 mi · Chair Airlines, Edelweiss Air
- [STR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edds.md) Stuttgart Airport · Germany · 1,222 km / 759 mi · Wizz Air
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · France · 1,275 km / 792 mi · Wizz Air
- [FKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edsb.md) Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · Germany · 1,299 km / 807 mi · Wizz Air
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 1,307 km / 812 mi · Wizz Air
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 1,308 km / 813 mi · Wizz Air
- [GVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgg.md) Geneva International Airport · Switzerland · 1,324 km / 823 mi · easyJet
- [HHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfh.md) Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · Germany · 1,418 km / 881 mi · Wizz Air
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 1,483 km / 921 mi · Wizz Air
- [DTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlw.md) Dortmund Airport · Germany · 1,502 km / 933 mi · Wizz Air
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 1,558 km / 968 mi · Wizz Air
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 1,618 km / 1,005 mi · Wizz Air
- [EIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eheh.md) Eindhoven Airport · Netherlands · 1,621 km / 1,007 mi · Wizz Air
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 1,623 km / 1,008 mi · Wizz Air
- [MMX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esms.md) Malmö Sturup Airport · Sweden · 1,624 km / 1,009 mi · Wizz Air
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 1,677 km / 1,042 mi · easyJet
- [BVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfob.md) Beauvais-Tillé airport · France · 1,722 km / 1,070 mi · Wizz Air
- [GOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgg.md) Göteborg Landvetter Airport · Sweden · 1,866 km / 1,159 mi · Wizz Air
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 1,983 km / 1,232 mi · Wizz Air
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 1,989 km / 1,236 mi · Wizz Air
- [TRF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ento.md) Sandefjord Airport, Torp · Norway · 2,070 km / 1,286 mi · Wizz Air
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 2,106 km / 1,309 mi · Wizz Air
- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 2,151 km / 1,337 mi · Wizz Air

### Seasonal (8)

- [BJV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfe.md) Milas Bodrum International Airport · Türkiye · 736 km / 457 mi · AJet
- [PMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licj.md) Falcone–Borsellino Airport · Italy · 838 km / 521 mi · Wizz Air
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 968 km / 601 mi · Pegasus Airlines, Freebird Airlines
- [ESB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltac.md) Esenboğa International Airport · Türkiye · 974 km / 605 mi · AJet
- [AHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/liea.md) Alghero-Fertilia Airport · Italy · 1,122 km / 697 mi · Wizz Air
- [SZF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfh.md) Samsun-Çarşamba Airport · Türkiye · 1,243 km / 772 mi · AJet
- [COV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltdb.md) Çukurova International Airport · Türkiye · 1,283 km / 797 mi · AJet
- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,553 km / 1,586 mi · Freebird Airlines

### Cargo (1)

- [LEJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddp.md) Leipzig/Halle Airport · Germany · 1,271 km / 790 mi · DHL Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (13)

- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 36
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 5
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 3
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 2
- FH [Freebird Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/freebird-airlines) · 2 · seasonal
- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 2
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1
- JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1
- OS [Austrian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/austrian-airlines) · 1
- CS [Chair Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chair-airlines) · 1
- OU [Croatia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/croatia-airlines) · 1
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- [DHL Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dhl-aviation) · 1

Former hub of [Avioimpex](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avioimpex), [MAT Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mat-airways), [Palair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/palair).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3.2M (2025) | #441 of 3,974 | #124 in Europe | #1 in MK |
| Longest runway | 2,950 m / 9,678 ft | =1,472 of 29,858 | =232 in Europe | #1 in MK |
| Elevation | 238 m / 781 ft | =21,782 of 43,403 | =1,895 in Europe | #11 in MK |
| Age | Opened 1928 | =323 of 15,079 | =220 in Europe | #1 in MK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =2 in MK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 130.125 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [PRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bkpr.md) Priština Adem Jashari International Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [KFZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/laku.md) Kukës International Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [OHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lwoh.md) Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport · 113 km / 70 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: “Skopje International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skopje_International_Airport&oldid=1376820679), revision of 26 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/lwsk/data