AirportsKavala Alexander the Great International Airport is a large airport serving Kavala, in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KVA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KVA
- ICAO code
- LGKV
- City
- Kavala
- State or region
- Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
- Country
- Greece
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 40.9133° N, 24.6192° E
- Elevation
- 5 m (18 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,844 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KVA means Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LGKV. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.9133° N, 24.6192° E. It stands 5 metres (18 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Plovdiv, about 138 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Athens, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,844 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 39 airports of Greece on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 8.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,000 m 9,844 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandroupoli Democritus AirportAlexandroupolis | AXD | 113 km |
| Limnos AirportLimnos Island | LXS | 122 km |
| Plovdiv International AirportPlovdiv, Bulgaria | PDV | 130 km |
| Thessaloniki Macedonia International AirportThessaloniki | SKG | 146 km |
| Çanakkale AirportÇanakkale, Turkey | CKZ | 175 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,911 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,158 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,327 km | 4 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,242 km | 3 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,778 km | 9 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,871 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,018 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,246 km | 11 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,307 km | 18 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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