Samos International Airport

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Samos International Airport "Aristarchos of Samos"

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Σάμου "Αρίσταρχος ο Σάμιος»
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
ServesVathy
LocationSamos Island, Greece
Elevation  AMSL 19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 37°41′24″N026°54′42″E / 37.69000°N 26.91167°E / 37.69000; 26.91167
Website smi-airport.gr
Map
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Airplane silhouette.svg
SMI
Location of airport in Greece
Samos International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
09/276,8902,100Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers453,264
Passenger traffic changeIncrease2.svg 67.7%
Aircraft movements5,700
Aircraft movements changeIncrease2.svg 23.2%
Sources:HCAA, [2] Fraport Greece [3]

Samos International Airport "Aristarchos of Samos"( IATA : SMI, ICAO : LGSM) is an airport on Samos Island, Greece.

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The airport is named after Aristarchos of Samos, an ancient astronomer and mathematician, and lies within 5 km from the nearby town of Pythagorio. The airport has a single short runway. The airport's surroundings leave little room for error or mistake on the behalf of the pilots – with nearby mountains and sea at the end of the short runway. In summer there are often strong Meltemi winds from the north, which further contribute to the difficulty of the landing.

There is one terminal building. There are five boarding gates, none of which have jet-bridges. Passenger facilities are split across two floors and include a duty-free shop and a small café.

History

The airport first operated in May 1976. [4] In the late 1990s/early 2000s, the terminal was renovated: the capacity of the airport was increased to deal with increasing passenger numbers.

In December 2015, the privatisation of Samos 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. [5] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters. [6] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Samos International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.

Future investment

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

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

Airlines and destinations

Check-in hall Samos Airport check-in hall, 2017-07-31.jpg
Check-in hall
View of the airport from the west FlughafenSamos.jpg
View of the airport from the west

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

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens [8]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna [9] [10]
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels [11]
Condor [12] Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, [13] Hamburg, Munich
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam [14]
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Munich [15]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich [16]
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf [17]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 4 May 2026), [18] London–Stansted (begins 7 May 2026), [19] Manchester (begins 5 May 2026) [20]
Neos Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa, [21] [22] Verona
Olympic Air Thessaloniki [23]
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, [24] Gothenburg, [25] Oslo, [26] Stockholm–Arlanda [25] Trondheim [26]
Sky Express Athens, Chios, [27] Lemnos, [27] Mytilene, [27] Rhodes, [27] Thessaloniki [27]
Smartwings Seasonal: Prague [28]
Trade Air Seasonal charter: Ljubljana
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam [29]
TUI Airways Seasonal: London–Gatwick
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels [30]
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam [31]
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Gothenburg, [32] Oslo, [33] Stockholm–Arlanda [32]

Traffic figures

Annual passenger traffic at SMI airport. See Wikidata query.

The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) [34] until 2016, and data from 2017 and later are from the official website of the airport. [35]

YearPassengers
DomesticInternationalTotal
1994121.370296.640418.010
1995Increase2.svg132.269Increase2.svg282.192Increase2.svg414.461
1996Increase2.svg141.864Decrease2.svg264.430Decrease2.svg406.294
1997Increase2.svg149.564Decrease2.svg263.334Increase2.svg412.898
1998Decrease2.svg146.056Increase2.svg277.498Increase2.svg423.554
1999Increase2.svg189.132Increase2.svg314.704Increase2.svg503.836
2000Decrease2.svg180.446Decrease2.svg287.948Decrease2.svg468.394
2001Decrease2.svg154.004Increase2.svg304.686Decrease2.svg458.690
2002Decrease2.svg141.362Decrease2.svg283.488Decrease2.svg424.850
2003Increase2.svg142.212Decrease2.svg266.835Decrease2.svg409.047
2004Increase2.svg153.067Decrease2.svg240.562Decrease2.svg393.629
2005Increase2.svg155.534Decrease2.svg236.593Decrease2.svg392.127
2006Increase2.svg190.879Increase2.svg260.039Increase2.svg450.918
2007Increase2.svg216.605Increase2.svg265.382Increase2.svg481.987
2008Decrease2.svg204.873Increase2.svg266.993Decrease2.svg471.866
2009Increase2.svg216.174Decrease2.svg230.968Increase2.svg447.142
2010Decrease2.svg193.530Decrease2.svg217.035Decrease2.svg410.565
2011Decrease2.svg172.672Increase2.svg236.048Decrease2.svg408.720
2012Decrease2.svg149.664Decrease2.svg214.984Decrease2.svg364.648
2013Decrease2.svg136.641Decrease2.svg207.076Decrease2.svg343.717
2014Increase2.svg151.107Increase2.svg245.201Increase2.svg396.308
2015Decrease2.svg149.302Increase2.svg253.848Increase2.svg403.150
2016Increase2.svg153.240Decrease2.svg193.540Decrease2.svg346.780
2017Increase2.svg161.313Increase2.svg248.972Increase2.svg410.331
2018Increase2.svg159.763Increase2.svg290.128Increase2.svg449.891
2019Increase2.svg168.892Increase2.svg298.503Increase2.svg467.395
2020Decrease2.svg100.669Decrease2.svg43.630Decrease2.svg144.299
2021Increase2.svg131,580Increase2.svg138,718Increase2.svg270,298
2022Increase2.svg174,647Increase2.svg278,617Increase2.svg453,264
2023Increase2.svg193,356Increase2.svg283,950Increase2.svg477,306
2024Decrease2.svg192.817Increase2.svg295.377Increase2.svg488.194.
2025(Jun)Increase2.svg90.232Decrease2.svg87.244Increase2.svg177.476

Traffic statistics by country (2022)

Traffic by country at Samos International Airport – 2022 [36]
PlaceCountryTotal passengers
1 Flag of Greece.svg Greece174,647
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands65,079
3 Flag of Germany.svg Germany59,112
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden27,007
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark23,656
6 Flag of Poland.svg Poland17,803
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium14,944
8 Flag of Italy.svg Italy13,488
9 Flag of Norway.svg Norway13,011
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic11,849
11 Flag of Finland.svg Finland7,715
12 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia7,625
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom6,827
14 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland4,282
15 Flag of Austria.svg Austria3,599

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

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