Kefalonia International Airport

Kefalonia Airport "Anna Pollatou" (IATA: EFL, ICAO: LGKF) is an airport on the island of Cephalonia, in Greece. It is located in the southwest of the island, 8 km away from the capital Argostoli.^[4]

Kefalonia Airport "Anna Pollatou" Αερολιμένας Κεφαλονιάς "Άννα Πολλάτου"
IATA: EFL ICAO: LGKF
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Greek state
Operator	Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves	Cephalonia, Greece
Location	Argostoli
Elevation AMSL	59 ft / 18 m
Coordinates	38°07′12″N 020°30′01″E
Website	efl-airport.gr
Map
EFL Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 2,436 7,992 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 817,216 Passenger traffic change 169.4% Aircraft movements 7,938 Aircraft movements change 64.7%
Sources:Fraport Greece,[1] DAFIF[2][3]

History

The airport opened in 1971 to serve the former municipality Leivatho with improved transportation links; Kefalonia is now a single municipality. A new runway and the current terminal building were constructed in the 1980s.^[5]

In December 2015, the privatization of Kefalonia Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalized with the signing of the agreement between the Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture and the state privatisation fund.^[6] "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.^[7] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Kefallinia International Airport) for 40 years as of April 2017.

The new operator completed a major upgrade of the airport's facilities, including constructing a new terminal building that replaced the outdated existing one. Upgrades included new check-in desks and security lanes, larger airside space with more shops, new carousels for arrivals and extra car-hire companies. Work has also been completed on the car park and pick-up/drop-off points outside the terminal building.^[8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many flights to the airport were suspended for 2020, although flights from Europe are gradually restarting.^[9][10]

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens[11]
Air Serbia	Seasonal charter: Belgrade[12]
Animawings	Seasonal: Bucharest
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna[13]
Avanti Air	Seasonal charter: Graz, Linz
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Heathrow
Condor	Seasonal: Munich
Discover Airlines	Seasonal: Frankfurt,[14] Munich[15]
easyJet	Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[16] Manchester,[17] Milan–Malpensa,[18] Naples,[19] Nice[20]
ITA Airways	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham,[21] Bristol,[22] East Midlands,[23] Edinburgh (begins 3 May 2026),[24] Glasgow,[25] Leeds/Bradford,[26] London–Stansted,[27] Manchester,[28] Newcastle upon Tyne[29]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Oslo[30]
People's	Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein[31]
Ryanair	Seasonal: Bergamo,[18] London–Stansted,[18] Pisa,[18] Rome–Fiumicino,[32] Vienna[18]
SkyAlps	Seasonal: Bolzano[33] Seasonal charter: Innsbruck[34]
Sky Express	Athens, Corfu,[35] Preveza/Lefkada,[35] Zakynthos[35]
Smartwings	Seasonal: Prague[36] Seasonal charter: Budapest[37]
Sundor	Seasonal: Tel Aviv[38]
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam,[39][40] Paris–Orly[41]
TUI Airways	Seasonal: Birmingham,[42] Bournemouth,[43] Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands,[44] London–Gatwick, London–Stansted, Manchester,[45] Newcastle upon Tyne[46]
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam[47]
Volotea	Seasonal: Bari,[48] Naples

Traffic figures

Annual passenger traffic at EFL airport. See Wikidata query.

The data is taken from the official website of the airport.^[49]

Year Passengers Domestic International Total 2009 69,130 287,759 356,889 2010 56,144 299,824 355,968 2011 48,309 298,088 346,397 2012 40,984 337,543 378,527 2013 33,699 396,663 430,362 2014 58,443 420,989 479,432 2015 55,915 436,587 492,502 2016 69,956 468,243 538,199 2017 82,058 547,613 629,671 2018 97,622 664,025 761,647 2019 100,958 673,212 774,170 2020 33,762 158,715 192,477 2021 62,874 240,464 303,338 2022 95,971 721,245 817,216 2023 114,155 746,378 860,533 2024 116,607 755,929 872,536 2025(Jul) 67,033 411,027 478,060

Traffic statistics by country (2024)

Traffic by country at Kefalonia International Airport – 2024

Place	Country	Total pax
1	United Kingdom	481.860
2	Greece	116.607
3	Italy	94.848
4	Netherlands	41.335
5	Austria	27.968
6	Czech Republic	20.789
7	Poland	18.990
8	Germany	14.688
9	Israel	13.476
10	France	9.361
11	Serbia	5.823
12	Slovakia	5.480
13	Hungary	5.053
14	Romania	4.718
15	Slovenia	3.520

^[50]

Ground transport

KTEL runs a limited bus service between the airport and Argostoli.^[51]

See also

• Transport in Greece