# Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport (AXD)

> Alexandroupolis, GR · IATA: AXD · ICAO: LGAL · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `AXD` |
| ICAO | `LGAL` |
| City | Alexandroupolis |
| Country | GR |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 7 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 40.85590, 25.95630 |

## Description

Passengers, not pallets, define Alexandroupoli Democritus Airport (AXD/LGAL): the Thracian gateway handled some 300,000 travellers in 2022 and offers no cargo handling at all. Sitting in the far north-east of Greece close to the Turkish border, it is run as a state airport by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority and is therefore not part of the 14-airport Fraport Greece concession; the terminal is designed for up to two million passengers a year. Aegean and Sky Express link the port city with Athens several times daily, so what little air freight moves does so as belly cargo. The surrounding infrastructure is the more interesting story for logistics: the port of Alexandroupolis lies a few kilometres away, the Egnatia Odos motorway (A2) runs west to Thessaloniki, and the Alexandroupolis-Ormenio/Svilengrad railway towards the Bulgarian border is being electrified and doubled at a cost of about EUR 1.078 billion, targeted for service in 2028. Greece is also weighing Indian investment in the port under the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC), which would sharpen the region's role as an Aegean-Black Sea link. For air cargo, Thessaloniki (SKG, roughly 280 km via the A2) remains the nearest realistic handling point, with Athens (ATH) taking intercontinental volumes.

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