Greece Winter Runway Closures

Key Points

Several airports in Greece have closures planned through to the end of March 2025 for runway construction works.
These include: LGZA/Zakynthos, LGKV/Kavala, LGKF/Kefalonia, LGKR/Corfu, LGMK/Mykonos, LGSR/Santorini, LGSM/Samos, LGRP/Rhodes, LGSK/Skiathos, and LGMT/Mytilene.
Some have daily closures to watch out for, but nearly all have reduced runway lengths – in some cases down to 1400-1500 metres which will make them unusable for certain aircraft types.

Greek Airports with winter closures.

You can find all the details on the Notams, but here’s a quick rundown of the planned closures and reductions in runway lengths:

LGZA/Zakynthos
Shortened Runway: RWY 16 reduced to 1400m, RWY 34 reduced to 1595m – until March 5.
Full Runway Closure: Feb 10 until Feb 29.

LGKV/Kavala
Shortened Runway: RWY 05 reduced to 1400m, RWY 23 reduced to 1400m – until March 9.
Full Runway Closure: Feb 25 from 07:00 to 10:00.

LGKF/Kefalonia
Full Runway Closure: RWY 14/32 closed at various times on different days – until March 1.

LGKR/Corfu
Shortened Runway: RWY 16 reduced to 1856m, RWY 34 reduced to 1856m (LDA 1798m) – until March 30.

LGMK/Mykonos
Shortened Runway: RWY 16 reduced to 1400m, RWY 34 reduced to 1400m – until March 30.
Full Runway Closure: RWY 16/34 closed daily from 1000-1500z (Wed & Fri from 0930-1500z) – until March 3.

LGSR/Santorini
Shortened Runway: RWY 15 reduced to 1802m, RWY 33 reduced to 1874m – until March 30.

LGSM/Samos
Shortened Runway: RWY 09 reduced to 1500m, RWY 27 reduced to 1500m – until March 30.
Full Runway Closure: RWY 09/27 closed at various times on different days – until March 1.

LGRP/Rhodes
Shortened Runway: RWY 06 reduced to 1900m, RWY 24 reduced to 1900m – until March 13.

LGSK/Skiathos
Shortened Runway: RWY 01 reduced to 1400m, RWY 19 reduced to 1400m – until April 1.

Further closures may be announced beyond the end March – check on Fraport’s homepage for updates.

After that, we’ll be into the summer period, when things get really spicy in Greece if you’re a bizav operator! Like previous years, all Greek islands will be extremely busy this summer – Athens too. Very few slots are made available, overnight parking is scarce, even quick turn arounds are extremely difficult in some cases. Check here for our guide on this.

Greece Winter Runway Closures