Mytilene International Airport

Airport in Lesbos, Greece

Mytilene International Airport

Odysseas Elytis

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Μυτιλήνης "Οδυσσέας Ελύτης"

* IATA: MJT
* ICAO: LGMT
* WMO: 16667[1]

Summary
Airport type| Public
Owner| Greek government
Operator| Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves| Lesbos
Location| Mytilene, Greece
Elevation AMSL| 60 ft / 18 m
Coordinates| 39°03′24″N 026°35′54″E﻿ / ﻿39.05667°N 26.59833°E﻿ / 39.05667; 26.59833
Website| mjt-airport.gr
Map

MJT

Location of airport in Greece

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
|

ft  | m
14/32  | 7,894  | 2,406  | Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
| Passengers| 497.499

|

Passenger traffic change|  13,3%
Aircraft movements| 6.412
Aircraft movements change|  3,7%

Sources: Fraport Greece[2]

Mytilene International Airport "Odysseas Elytis" (IATA: MJT, ICAO: LGMT) is the international airport of Mytilene, the capital of the Greek island Lesbos.

## History[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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:

* General clean-up
* Improving lighting, marking of airside areas
* Upgrading sanitary facilities (but you have no drinking water in the lavatories)
* Enhancing services and offering a new free Internet connection (WiFi)
* Implementing works to improve fire safety in all the areas of the airports

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:

* New terminal
* New fire station
* New waste water treatment plant
* New airport apron area
* 185 percent increase in the total size of the airport at 7,185 m2
* 29 percent increase in the number of check-in counters (from 7 to 9)

## Airlines and destinations[edit]

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

Airlines| Destinations

|

Aegean Airlines |  Athens, Thessaloniki[8]
Airseven |  Seasonal charter: Aarhus (begins 21 June 2024)[9]
Braathens Regional Airlines |  Seasonal charter: Billund (begins 24 June 2024)[10]
Brussels Airlines |  Seasonal: Brussels[11]
Corendon Dutch Airlines| Seasonal: Amsterdam
Jet2.com| Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 26 May 2024),[12] London–Stansted, Manchester
Jettime |  Seasonal charter: Billund (begins 2 June 2024)[13]
Scandinavian Airlines |  Seasonal charter: Copenhagen (begins 19 May 2024),[14] Oslo (begins 19 May 2024),[15] Stockholm–Arlanda (begins 26 May 2024),[16]
Sky Express|  Athens, Chios, Lemnos, Rhodes, Samos, Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Heraklion
Smartwings |  Seasonal charter: Katowice (begins 5 June 2024),[17] Prague
Sunclass Airlines |  Seasonal charter: Copenhagen (begins 19 May 2024),[18]
TUI fly Belgium| Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands| Seasonal: Amsterdam

## Traffic figures[edit]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

|

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The data are from the official website of the airport:[19]

Year  | Passengers

|

Domestic  | International  | Total
2017  | 332,370  | 103,626  | 435,996
2018  | 344,257  | 132,799  | 477,056
2019  | 362,759  | 133,818 | 496,577
2020  | 191.230  | 14.865  | 206.095
2021  | 238,818  | 46,526  | 285,344
2022  | 329,719  | 109,466  | 439,185
2023  | 375,716 | 121,783  | 497,499
2024(Apr)  | 104.544  | 1.414  | 105.958

### Traffic statistics by country (2022)[edit]

Traffic by country at Mytilene International Airport – 2022 Place  | Country  | Total pax

|
|

1  |  Greece  | 329,719
2  |  Netherlands  | 43,603
3  |  United Kingdom  | 27,112
4  |  Denmark  | 12,282
5  |  Belgium  | 10,553
6  |  Sweden  | 6,337
7  |  Norway  | 5,180
8  |  Poland  | 4,316

[20]

## See also[edit]

* Transport in Greece

## References[edit]

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. 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", fraport-greece.com
8. ^ "Aegean Airlines / Olympic Air NW23 Domestic Operation Changes". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
9. ^ "Rejser til Lesbos". 1 May 2024.
10. ^ "Braathens Billund - Lesbos". 1 May 2024.
11. ^ "Brussels Airlines adds eight new destinations to its Summer 2022 schedule". 18 January 2022.
12. ^ "Jet2: Summer 2024 Program Includes Flights to Lesvos from UK". 31 July 2023.
13. ^ "Flybillet Lesbos Mytilini". 1 May 2024.
14. ^ "Billige flybilletter – book flyrejser på Apollorejser.dk". 12 February 2024.
15. ^ "Apollo: Kjøp billige flybilletter - Spar penger på din neste reise". 12 February 2024.
16. ^ "Apollo: Boka Billiga flygbiljetter snabbt och enkelt". 12 February 2024.
17. ^ "SMARTWINGS POLAND NS24 CHARTER NETWORK ADDITIONS". 8 January 2024.
18. ^ "Spies: Flybilletter – Find billige flybilletter her". 12 February 2024.
19. ^ "Mitilini Airport (MJT)".
20. ^ "Traffic Report by Country" (PDF). Mitilini Airport "Odysseas Elytis". 2022.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Mytilene International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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