Mytilene International Airport

Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Μυτιλήνης "Οδυσσέας Ελύτης"
IATA: MJT ICAO: LGMT WMO: 16667 [1]
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Greek government
Operator	Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves	Lesbos
Location	Mytilene, 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
MJT Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 7,894 2,406 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 497.499 Passenger traffic change 13,3% Aircraft movements 6.412 Aircraft movements change 3,7%
Sources: Fraport Greece [2]

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

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:

• General clean-up
• Improving lighting, marking of airside areas
• Upgrading sanitary facilities (but you have no drinking water in the lavatories)
• Enhancing services and offering a new free Internet connection (WiFi)
• Implementing works to improve fire safety in all the areas of the airports

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:

• New terminal
• New fire station
• New waste water treatment plant
• New airport apron area
• 185 percent increase in the total size of the airport at 7,185 m2
• 29 percent increase in the number of check-in counters (from 7 to 9)

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
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 [14]
FLYYO	Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv [15]
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham, [16] London–Stansted, [17] Manchester [18]
Jettime	Seasonal charter: Billund [19]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, [20] Oslo, [21] Stockholm–Arlanda [22]
Sky Express	Athens, Chios, [23] Lemnos, [23] Rhodes, [23] Samos, [23] Thessaloniki Seasonal: Heraklion
Smartwings	Seasonal charter: Katowice, [24] Prague [25]
Sunclass Airlines	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen [26]
TUI fly Belgium	Seasonal: Brussels [27]
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: ^[28]

Year	Passengers
	Domestic	International	Total
2017	332,370	103,626	435,996
2018	344,257	132,799	477,056
2019	362,759	133,818	496,577
2020	191.230	14.865	206.095
2021	238,818	46,526	285,344
2022	329,719	109,466	439,185
2023	375,716	121,783	497,499
2024	385.938	177.605	563.543
2025(Jul)	228.464	94.369	322.833

Traffic statistics by country (2024)

Traffic by country at Mytilene International Airport – 2024

Place	Country	Total pax
1	Greece	385.938
2	Netherlands	45.691
3	United Kingdom	40.109
4	Denmark	28.296
5	Belgium	17.537
6	Poland	11.893
7	Israel	7.731
8	Sweden	6.827
9	Norway	6.815
10	Czech Republic	5.621

^[29]

See also

• Transport in Greece

References

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2. "MYTILINI AIRPORT "OD.ELYTIS"" (PDF).
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4. "Greece signs privatization of 14 regional airports with Germany's Fraport - TornosNews.gr" . Retrieved 4 May 2017.
5. "REFILE-UPDATE 1-Greece signs major privatisation deal with Germany's Fraport". Reuters. 14 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
6. "MYTILINI AIRPORT "OD.ELYTIS"". ypa.gr. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
7. "Fraport Greece’s Development Plan for the New Era at the Greek Regional Airports", fraport-greece.com
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10. "Rejser til Lesbos". 1 May 2024.
11. "Braathens Billund - Lesbos". 1 May 2024.
12. Liu, Jim (27 March 2024). "BRA NS24 Charter Program With Apollo / Spies / VING". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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14. Liu, Jim. "Corendon Airlines NS25 737 MAX 9 Network Overview – 15JUN25". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
15. "FLYYO Launches Charter Operations to 26 Destinations from Tel Aviv! — Flyyo". flyyo.com. FLYYO by Aerro Direkt. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
16. "Jet2: Summer 2024 Program Includes Flights to Lesvos from UK". 31 July 2023.
17. Liu, Jim (10 October 2023). "Jet2.com NS24 Network Adjustment – 08OCT23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
18. "Jet2 NS25 A321neo Network Expansion – 14JUL24".
19. "Flybillet Lesbos Mytilini". 1 May 2024.
20. "Billige flybilletter – book flyrejser på Apollorejser.dk". 12 February 2024.
21. "Apollo: Kjøp billige flybilletter - Spar penger på din neste reise". 12 February 2024.
22. "Apollo: Boka Billiga flygbiljetter snabbt och enkelt". 12 February 2024.
23. "LIST OF PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATIONS" (PDF). Aeroroutes.com. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
24. "SMARTWINGS POLAND NS24 CHARTER NETWORK ADDITIONS". 8 January 2024.
25. "Čedok představil novinky kam hodlá létat příští léto". Airways.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 August 2025.
26. "Spies: Flybilletter – Find billige flybilletter her". 12 February 2024.
27. Liu, Jim. "TUIfly Belgium NS23 European Network Changes". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
28. "Mitilini Airport (MJT)".
29. "Traffic Report by Country" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2025.

External links

Media related to Mytilene International Airport at Wikimedia Commons