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
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]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels [10]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam [11]
FLYYO Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv [12]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham, [13] London–Stansted, [14] Manchester [15]
Sky Express Athens, Chios, [16] Lemnos, [16] Rhodes, [16] Samos, [16] Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Heraklion
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Katowice, [17] Prague [18]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen [19]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels [20]
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam

Traffic figures

PassengersYear200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000700,000800,000100015002000250030003500PassengersAnnual passenger traffic

The data are from the official website of the airport: [21]

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
2024Increase2.svg385.938Increase2.svg177.605Increase2.svg563.543
2025(Aug)Increase2.svg273.750Increase2.svg137.010Increase2.svg410.760


Traffic statistics by country (2024)

Traffic by country at Mytilene International Airport – 2024
PlaceCountryTotal pax
1 Flag of Greece.svg Greece385.938
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands45.691
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom40.109
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark28.296
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium17.537
6 Flag of Poland.svg Poland11.893
7 Flag of Israel.svg Israel7.731
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden6.827
9 Flag of Norway.svg Norway6.815
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic5.621

[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "METAR/Synop Information for LGMT (16667) in Mytilini Airport , Greece". Gladstonefamily.net. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "MYTILINI AIRPORT "OD.ELYTIS"" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Mitilini Airport". Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  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" Archived 26 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine , fraport-greece.com
  8. ↑ Liu, Jim (28 May 2024). "Aegean Airlines / Juneyao Airlines Plans June 2024 Codeshare Launch". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Aegean Airlines / Olympic Air NW23 Domestic Operation Changes". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Brussels Airlines adds eight new destinations to its Summer 2022 schedule". 18 January 2022.
  11. ↑ Liu, Jim. "Corendon Airlines NS25 737 MAX 9 Network Overview – 15JUN25". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "FLYYO Launches Charter Operations to 26 Destinations from Tel Aviv! — Flyyo". flyyo.com. FLYYO by Aerro Direkt. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "Jet2: Summer 2024 Program Includes Flights to Lesvos from UK". 31 July 2023.
  14. ↑ Liu, Jim (10 October 2023). "Jet2.com NS24 Network Adjustment – 08OCT23". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  15. ↑ "Jet2 NS25 A321neo Network Expansion – 14JUL24".
  16. 1 2 3 4 "LIST OF PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATIONS" (PDF). Aeroroutes.com. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "SMARTWINGS POLAND NS24 CHARTER NETWORK ADDITIONS". 8 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "Čedok představil novinky kam hodlá létat příští léto". Airways.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "Spies: Flybilletter – Find billige flybilletter her". 12 February 2024.
  20. ↑ Liu, Jim. "TUIfly Belgium NS23 European Network Changes". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  21. ↑ "Mitilini Airport (MJT)".
  22. ↑ "Traffic Report by Country" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2025.

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