Karpathos Island National Airport

Karpathos Island National Airport[2][3] (IATA: AOK, ICAO: LGKP) is an airport in the island of Karpathos, Greece. The airport first operated in 1970 and it had very limited facilities (a small building of only 500 m2). Today its buildings cover an area of 12,500 m2.[4] The current airport facilities were constructed between 2005 and 2009. The inauguration of the new airport terminal took place on 25 July 2009.

Karpathos Island National Airport

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καρπάθου
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorHCAA
LocationKarpathos, Greece
Elevation AMSL66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates35°25′14″N 027°08′48″E
Map
AOK is located in Greece
AOK
AOK
Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 7,871 2,399 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers267,828
Passenger traffic changeIncrease 5.4%
Aircraft movements3,436
Aircraft movements changeDecrease 1.0%
Source: HCAA[1]

A bus route directly connects Karpathos Airport and the capital of the island Pigadia.[5] Taxis are also available at the designated waiting area.

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
AeroItalia Seasonal: Bergamo (begins 3 July 2023)[6]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna
Condor Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Munich
Eurowings Seasonal: Graz (begins 23 May 2023),[7] Salzburg[8]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki (begins 16 May 2023)
Marabu Seasonal: Munich (begins 15 May 2023)
Neos Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Verona[9]
Olympic Air Athens
Sky Express Athens, Kasos, Rhodes
Seasonal: Heraklion[10]
Smartwings Seasonal: Prague
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUI fly NordicSeasonal charter: Stockholm-Arlanda (begins 15 May 2023)[11]
Volotea Seasonal: Naples (begins 1 June 2023),[12] Venice[13]

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at AOK airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

References
  1. "Annual Statistics". hcaa.gr. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. "Karpathos International Airport (AOK) – Traveling by airplane to Karpathos island, Greece". Karpathosinfo.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. "Αεροδρόμιο Καρπάθου". Aerodromio.com.gr. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  4. "Expansion of the Air-terminal building of Karpathos National Airport". Intrakat.gr. 12 April 2010. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  5. "Schedule". Karpathosbus.wordpress.com. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  6. "Aeroitalia NS23 Network Expansion Revision – 16JAN23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  7. "New Routes and Destinations". 6 December 2022.
  8. "Eurowings opens the summer season in Salzburg". 12 April 2022.
  9. "Flight Times". neosair.it/en.
  10. "Increased direct flights to Crete in our summer schedule".
  11. "TUIfly Nordic Adds Stockholm – Karpathos Route in NS23".
  12. "Volotea lancia la Napoli – Karpathos per l'estate 2023". 15 November 2022.
  13. "Volotea S18 new routes as of 29SEP17". Routesonline.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.


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