Thessaloniki International Airport, Macedonia
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Thessaloniki International Airport, "Macedonia"

Apron of Airport Macedonia with view towards passenger terminal
Airport information
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ICAOLGTS
Airport typePublic/Military
OwnerGreek Government
OperatorHellenic Civil Aviation Authority
ServesThessaloniki
LocationMikra
Elevation7 m (22 ft)
Statistics2007
Passengers4167969
Flights50244

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Thessaloniki International Airport, "Macedonia" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Θεσσαλονίκης "Μακεδονία", Kratikós Aeroliménas "Makedonía") , formerly known as Mikra Airport (named after the village of Mikra), is located about 15 km SE of the city centre of Thessaloniki at Mikra, close to the suburb of Thermaikos and the municipalities of Kalamaria, Pylaia and Thermi. The airport is the largest state owned and operated airport in the country. It opened in 1930 and today it's the third busiest airport in Greece, serving almost 4 million passengers annually. It is linked to the city centre by a 24-hour OASTH bus service (78 & 78A during the day and 78N during the night). A Thessaloniki Metro extension to the airport is currently under consideration. There is a master plan for a major expansion of the airport, including a new much bigger terminal building that could accommodate 9 million passengers per year. Currently the expansion of one runway into the sea is underway, in order for the airport to serve long haul flights. It has two runways (10-28 & 16-34) and two taxiways. There are 22 stands for wide bodied aircraft and about 20 for light ones.

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Airlines Destinations
Aegean AirlinesAthens, Chania, Corfu, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Heraklion, Kalamata, Kos [seasonal], Larnaca, Munich, Mykonos [seasonal], Mytilene, Rhodes, Santorini [seasonal], Stuttgart
Air BerlinBerlin-Tegel, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart, Zürich [all seasonal except Munich and Stuttgart]
Alitalia operated by Air OneRome-Fiumicino
ArGo AirwaysSkiathos, Volos
Adria AirwaysLjubljana
ArmaviaYerevan [begins 14 July] [seasonal]http://airlineroute.net/2010/05/20/u8-s10/
Athens AirwaysAthens, Chania, Lemnos, Rhodes, Skyros
Atlant-Soyuz AirlinesMoscow-Vnukovo
Austrian AirlinesVienna
Austrian operated by Tyrolean AirwaysVienna [seasonal]
Astra AirlinesChania [seasonal; begins 3 July], Chios, Heraklion [seasonal; begins 3 July], Kos [seasonal; begins 3 July], Lemnos [seasonal; begins 3 July], Mykonos [seasonal; begins 3 July], Barcelona [charter], Kiev [charter], Paphos , Skiathos [Begins 02 July]
BelaviaMinsk
Belle AirTirana [begins June 16]
Blue AirBucharest-Băneasa, Paphos
British AirwaysLondon-Gatwick
Cimber SterlingCopenhagen [begins 22 June]
Cyprus AirwaysLarnaca, Paphos, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Czech AirlinesPrague
EasyJetBasel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Schönefeld, Dortmund, London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa
GermanwingsCologne/Bonn, Stuttgart
Jat AirwaysBelgrade
JetairflyBrussels [seasonal]
Kuban AirlinesKrasnodar
Malév Hungarian AirlinesBudapest
Olympic AirAthens, Chania, Heraklion, İstanbul-Atatürk, London-Heathrow [begins 31 October], London-Gatwick [begins 2 November], Mytilene, Rhodes
Rossiya (airline)Rossiya
Seagle AirBrno, Ostrava
Sky Express (Greece)Kos
Smart WingsPrague, Brno
Swiss International Air LinesZürich
TAROMBucharest-Henri Coandă
Tatarstan AirlinesKazan, Moscow, Heraklion [Seasonal
Thomas Cook AirlinesLondon-Gatwick [seasonal], Manchester [seasonal]
Thomson AirwaysBristol, East Midlands, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne [all seasonal]
Transaero AirlinesSt Petersburg
Viking AirlinesStockholm-Arlanda
VIM AirlinesMoscow-Domodedovo
Ural AirlinesYekaterinburghttp://www.airpics.net/photo/RA-85833-Tupolev-Tu-154M-Ural-Airlines/12013/L

Airport Runways
DirectionLength ft(m)Surface
10/288,005 (2,440)Asphalt
16/347,874 (2,400)Asphalt

Helipads
NumberLength ft(m)Surface
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Major Airports of Greece GR

Agrinio: G Karaiskakis Airport * Alexandroupolis: Dimokritos Airport * Araxos: Agamemnon Airport * Astypalaia: Panaghia Airport * Athens: Eleftherios Venizelos Airport * Chania: Ioannis Daskalogiannis Airport * Chios: Omiros Airport * Corfu: Ioannis Kapodistrias Airport * Heraklion: Nikos Kazantzakis Airport * Ikaria: Icarus Airport * Ioannina: Epirus Airport * Kalamata: Nestor Airport * Kalymnos: Pothaea Airport * Karpathos: Ammopi Airport * Kasos: Aghia Marina Airport * Kastelorizo: Megisti Airport * Kastoria: Aristotelis Airport * Kavala: Megas Alexandros Airport * Kefalonia: Odysseas Airport * Kithira: Eptanisos Airport * Kos: Ippokratis Airport * Kozani: Filippos Airport * Larissa: Thessaly Airport * Lemnos: Hephaestos Airport * Leros: Dodekanisos Airport * Marathonas: Kotroni Airport * Milos: Afrodite Airport * Mykonos: Delos Airport * Mytilene: Odysseas Elytis Airport * Naxos: Apollon Airport * Paros: Artemis Airport * Porto Cheli: Kanaris Airport * Preveza: Aktion Airport * Rhodes: Diagoras Airport * Samos: Aristarchos Airport * Santorini: Zefyros Airport * Sitia: Vitsentzos Kornaros Airport * Skiathos: Alexandros Papadiamantis Airport * Skyros: Aegeo Airport * Sparti: Airport * Syros: Ermis Airport * Thessaloniki: Makedonia Airport * Volos: Nea Anchialos Airport * Zakynthos: Dionysios Solomos Airport



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