22° 58' 15.42" E An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... ThessalonÃki or Salonica (Greek: ÎεÏÏαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal, the largest city, and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...
Runways
Direction
Length
Surface
ft
m
10/28
8,005
2,440
Paved
16/34
7,874
2,400
Paved
Makedonia Airport is about 15 km SE of the city centre of Thessaloniki. Its IATA airport code is SKG, and its ICAO airport code is LGTS. It is the fourth most used airport in Greece. It also has international flights to some European cities such as London, Berlin, Rome, Munich and Moscow as well as to Larnaca,Cyprus. ThessalonÃki or Salonica (Greek: ÎεÏÏαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal, the largest city, and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ...
In the competitive airport size category from 5 to 15 million passengers per annum, "Eleftherios Venizelos" holds the 1st ranking position in Europe in "Overall Passenger Satisfaction", for the second consecutive year, and the 2nd in the world, for the year 2003.
Athens International Airport was honoured with the title of "European Airport of the Year 2004", within the framework of the annual Institute of Transport Management (ITM) Awards, for its innovative entrepreneurial scheme and the airport's successful operation and achievements.
Airport has got very pleasant architecture, I always enjoy being there as well as the hi-tech landscape filled with construction cranes on the way to airport (5 highrises are built not far from it)