AXD — Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport

Medium-sized airport in Alexandroupolis, Greece.
IATA code
AXD
ICAO code
LGAL
Size
medium
OurAirports class
Passengers
329,185
2025 · +9.1% on the year before
Nonstop routes
1
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+2 / UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Elevation
7 m
23 ft
Runways
1
Longest 2,582 m

Jan–Mar 2026: 77,306 passengers, +4.5% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About AXD

Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Alexandroupolis, Greece. It opened in 1944 and is run by Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority. 329,185 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from AXD.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from AXD

Route Distance Passengers / year
AXD → ATH368 km 306,377

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
CKZÇanakkale Airport89 km
KVAKavala Alexander the Great International Airport113 km
LXSLimnos Airport121 km

Distance from AXD to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
AXD → LHR2,338 km —
AXD → DXB3,223 km —
AXD → CDG2,046 km —
AXD → FRA1,694 km —
AXD → IST238 km —
AXD → AMS2,051 km —
AXD → JFK7,891 km —
AXD → ATL9,114 km —
AXD → LAX10,956 km —
AXD → SIN8,907 km —
AXD → HND9,187 km —
AXD → DOH2,935 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
07/252,582 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Alexandroupolis, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece · 40.8559, 25.9563

Map (OpenStreetMap) Wikipedia

Questions

Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport has the IATA code AXD and the ICAO code LGAL. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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