Mytilene International Airport

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Mytilene International Airport

Odysseas Elytis

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Μυτιλήνης "Οδυσσέας Ελύτης"
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek government
Operator Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves Lesbos
LocationMytilene, Greece
Elevation  AMSL 60 ft / 18 m
Coordinates 39°03′24″N026°35′54″E / 39.05667°N 26.59833°E / 39.05667; 26.59833
Website mjt-airport.gr
Map
Greece location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
MJT
Location of airport in Greece
Mytilene International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
14/327,8942,406Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers497.499
Passenger traffic changeIncrease2.svg 13,3%
Aircraft movements6.412
Aircraft movements changeIncrease2.svg 3,7%

Mytilene International Airport "Odysseas Elytis"( IATA : MJT, ICAO : LGMT) is the international airport of Mytilene, the capital of the Greek island Lesbos.

Contents

History

The airport began to operate in 1948 however it was 1980 before the first charter flight landed. [3]

In December 2015, the privatisation of Mytilene 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 Mytilene International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.

Facilities

The airport has one small terminal that services both International and Domestic flights. The airport is 8 kilometres from Mytilene. It was established in 1948 with an unpaved runway of 1200 meters long and 30 meters wide. Over the years the runway was paved and in 2000 the latest runway extension to 2400 meters was made. The airport has a duty-free shop, café-bar and two car rental agencies. [6]

On the northern side of the south apron Mytilene Airclub is located.

Fraport Greece's investment plan

On 22 March 2017, Fraport Greece presented its master plan for the 14 regional airports including the International Airport of Mytilene. [7]

Immediate actions that will be implemented at the airports as soon as Fraport Greece takes over operations before the launch of the summer season include:

The following summarizes the enhancement changes that will be started in October 2017 and will be implemented for Mytilene International Airport under Fraport Greece's investment plan until 2021:

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens, [8] Thessaloniki [9]
Airseven Seasonal charter: Aarhus [10]
Braathens International Airways Seasonal charter: Billund [11] [12]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels [13]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham [14] London–Stansted, Manchester [15]
Jettime Seasonal charter: Billund [16]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen [17] Oslo [18] Stockholm–Arlanda [19]
Sky Express Athens, Chios, [20] Lemnos, [20] Rhodes, [20] Samos, [20] Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Heraklion
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Katowice, [21] Prague
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen [22]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels [23]
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam

Traffic figures

Annual passenger traffic at MJT airport. See Wikidata query.

The data are from the official website of the airport: [24]

YearPassengers
DomesticInternationalTotal
2017332,370103,626435,996
2018Increase2.svg344,257Increase2.svg132,799Increase2.svg477,056
2019Increase2.svg362,759Increase2.svg133,818Increase2.svg496,577
2020Decrease2.svg191.230Decrease2.svg14.865Decrease2.svg206.095
2021Increase2.svg238,818Increase2.svg46,526Increase2.svg285,344
2022Increase2.svg329,719Increase2.svg109,466Increase2.svg439,185
2023Increase2.svg375,716Increase2.svg121,783Increase2.svg497,499
2024(Nov)Increase2.svg358.844Increase2.svg177.596Increase2.svg536.440


Traffic statistics by country (2023)

Traffic by country at Mytilene International Airport – 2023
PlaceCountryTotal pax
1 Flag of Greece.svg Greece375.716
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands43.796
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom28.004
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark14.416
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium12.125
6 Flag of Poland.svg Poland11.034
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden6.891
8 Flag of Norway.svg Norway5.154

[25]

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