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Kos International Airport

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Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" (Greek: Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Κω "Ιπποκρατης"; named for Hippocrates) (IATA: KGS, ICAO: LGKO) is an international airport on the island of Kos in Greece. It is located near Antimachia Village, and is operated by Fraport AG.

Kos International Airport "Ippokratis"

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κω "Ιπποκρατης"
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek state
OperatorFraport Greece
ServesKos Island
LocationAntimachia, Greece
Focus city forAegean Airlines
Elevation AMSL409 ft / 126 m
Coordinates36°47′36.01″N 27°05′30″E / 36.7933361°N 27.09167°E / 36.7933361; 27.09167
Websitekgs-airport.gr
Map
KGS is located in Greece
KGS
KGS
Location of airport in Greece
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 7,874 2,400 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers2,791,590[2]
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 77.3%
Aircraft movements21.475
Aircraft movements changeIncrease 51.2
Statistics[3]

The airport mainly serves charter airlines, who bring customers on holiday to the island. Kos Airport hits its peak in summer, with flights from German and British airlines primarily.

History

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The airport was opened on 4 April 1964. In 1974, the runway was extended to 2,400 metres. Due to increased traffic at the airport, a new terminal was built in 1980. In 1997, the terminal building was renovated and expanded.[citation needed]

In December 2015, the privatisation of Kos Island International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalised with the signing of the agreement between the Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture and the state privatisation fund.[4] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.[5] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Kos Island International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.

On 22 March 2017, Fraport AG and its Greek subsidiary Fraport Greece presented its plans for 14 regional airports that they had been handed control of by the Greek Government.[6] The immediate actions by Fraport were to improve lighting, improve the marking of airside areas, upgrade sanitary facilities, enhance WiFi services and implementing better fire safety throughout the airport.

The long-term plans by the operator, which initially were to continue until 2021, included the building of a new terminal and a new fire station, and the refurbishment of the waste water treatment plant The new terminal provides significantly more check-in desks and security check lanes.

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kos Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines[7] Athens, Thessaloniki[8]
Seasonal: Heraklion (begins 2 June 2025)[9]
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin[10]
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga[11]
Air Serbia Seasonal charter: Belgrade
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Bluebird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Braathens International Airways Seasonal charter: Gothenburg[12]
British Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[13][14] London–Heathrow[15]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[16][17]
Buzz[18] Seasonal charter: Katowice
Chair Airlines Seasonal: Zürich
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart, Zürich[19]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf,[20] Hannover,[21] Nuremberg
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels,[22] Maastricht/Aachen
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, Lyon,[23] Manchester,[24] Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Venice
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
Enter Air[25] Seasonal charter: Gdańsk,[18] Katowice, Warsaw–Chopin
European Air Charter Seasonal charter: Linz
Eurowings Seasonal: Berlin,[26] Cologne/Bonn, Graz,[27] Hamburg, Linz (begins 11 May 2025),[28] Nuremberg[29] Salzburg, Stuttgart
Seasonal charter: Innsbruck[30]
Helvetic Airways Seasonal: Bern, Zürich
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth (begins 29 July 2026),[31] Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Leav Aviation Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn[32]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt[33]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Marabu Seasonal: Hamburg, Munich
Neos Seasonal: Bergamo,[34] Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona[35]
Ryanair[36] Seasonal: Bari, Bergamo, Berlin, Bologna, Dublin,[37] London–Stansted,[38] Milan–Malpensa,[39] Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Treviso, Vienna, Weeze,[40][41] Zagreb[42]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stavanger,[43] Stockholm–Arlanda
Sky Express Astypalaia, Athens, Heraklion, Kalymnos, Leros, Rhodes
Seasonal: Amsterdam
Seasonal charter: Weeze[44]
SmartLynx Airlines Seasonal charter: Münster/Osnabrück[45]
Smartwings[46] Seasonal: Bratislava, Brno, Ostrava, Prague, Warsaw–Chopin
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Oslo[47]
Sundair Seasonal: Berlin, Bremen,[48] Dresden, Lübeck[49]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva
Trade Air Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague[50]
TUI Airways Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin,[51] East Midlands, London–Gatwick, London–Luton,[52] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen,[53] Rotterdam
Wizz Air Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino[54]

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at KGS airport. See Wikidata query.

The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[55] until 2016 and from 2017 onwards from the official website of the airport.[56]

Year Passengers
Domestic International Total
1994 125,215 1,130,052 1,255,267
1995  141,283  1,015,148  1,156,431
1996  150,271  892,154  1,042,425
1997  153,151  1,006,424  1,159,575
1998  145,312  1,044,604  1,189,916
1999  169,650  1,274,656  1,444,306
2000  217,876  1,360,280  1,578,156
2001  200,614  1,440,986  1,641,600
2002  177,003  1,321,099  1,498,102
2003  183,821  1,278,862  1,462,683
2004  247,758  1,256,941  1,504,699
2005  255,077  1,207,698  1,462,775
2006  251,610  1,321,507  1,573,117
2007  272,271  1,369,410  1,641,681
2008  264,276  1,351,177  1,615,453
2009  260,347  1,257,599  1,517,946
2010  231,057  1,396,183  1,627,240
2011  220,921  1,705,302  1,926,223
2012  192,043  1,605,458  1,797,501
2013  175,422  1,853,196  2,028,618
2014  189,750  2,024,714  2,214,464
2015  201,000  1,942,860  2,143,860
2016  205,695  1,695,800  1,901,495
2017  234,023  2,086,567  2,320,590
2018  271,725  2,394,582  2,666,307
2019  284,948  2.391,696  2.676,644
2020  134.392  666.263  800.655
2021  174,028  1,400,490  1,574,518
2022  263,900  2,527,690  2,791,590
2023  305,775  2,648,944  2,954,719
2024(Nov)  302.623  2.743.464  3.046.087

Traffic statistics by country (2022)

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Traffic by country at Kos International Airport – 2022[57]
Rank Country Total
passengers
1   Germany 813,947
2   United Kingdom 618,518
3   Greece 263,900
4   Netherlands 223,286
5   Poland 176,796
6   Italy 108,653
7   Belgium 103,199
8   Austria 77,881
9   Czech Republic 75,759
10   Switzerland 74,696
11   France 70,337
12   Denmark 40,253
13   Sweden 36,182
14   Israel 34,634
15   Finland 24,271

Ground transport

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By public bus:[58] A transit bus service operates between the airport and Kos town, Mastichari, Kardamena and Kefalos.

By tour operator transfer: Tour operators such as Jet2holidays and TUI UK provide free bus transfers from customers' accommodation to the airport.

By taxi:[59] 24/7 metered taxi service is available outside the Kos Airport Terminal building.

By car:[60] Kos Airport is located 24 km from the Kos town and is accessible from the provincial road Kos-Kefalos.

Accidents and incidents

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  • In 2013, an Air Explore Boeing 737 made an emergency landing due to the left engine overheating. Once it taxied to the gate, the engine caught fire. The pilot ordered an evacuation using the emergency slides on either side of the aircraft. No one was injured during the incident.

See also

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References

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