Kavala airport

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Kavala State Airport "Alexander the Great"
Kratikos Areolimenas Kavalas "Megas Alexandros"
Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καβάλας «Μέγας Αλέξανδρος»
Alexander The Great Airport (1) .JPG
Characteristics
ICAO code LGKV
IATA code KVA
Coordinates

40 ° 54 '48 "  N , 24 ° 37' 9"  E Coordinates: 40 ° 54 '48 "  N , 24 ° 37' 9"  E
Height above MSL 5 m (16  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 30 km east of Kavala, GreeceGreeceGreece 
Street A2 E90
Basic data
opening 1981
operator Fraport Greece
Terminals 1
Passengers 323,310 (2019)
Air freight 99 t (2019)
Flight
movements 		3,465 (2019)
Start-and runway
05R / 23L 3000 m × 45 m asphalt

The State Kavala airport "Alexander the Great" ( Greek Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καβάλας "Μέγας Αλέξανδρος" Kratikos Aerolimenas Kavala "Megas Alexandros" ) is the international airport of the Macedonian commercial and port city of Kavala in northern Greece in the Administrative Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace . It is also used as the military airfield of the Greek Air Force and is known as Chrysoupoli Air Base .

The old airport in Amygdaleonas (Αμυγδαλεώνας) was operated from 1952 to 1981.

Location and transport links

The airport is about 8 km from exit 32A Perni (coming from Kavala) and exit 33 Chrysoupoli (coming from Xanthi) of Highway 2 and 30 km southeast of Kavala . There has been a public bus connection to Kavala since 2017; Currently (as of 2019) the bus company KTEL Kavala only runs 2 trips per day. Alternatives are taxi (around 20 euros to the seaside resort of Keramoti) and rental cars.

Destinations

Domestic flights to Athens and some islands; Charter flights to European destinations, including in the German-speaking regions Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Vienna.

Web links

Commons : Kavala Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Air Traffic Statistics. KVA-Airport.gr, accessed June 8, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ AIR TRAFFIC STATISTICS 2019. In: ypa.gr. Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority, accessed June 8, 2020 .