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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 / 38.12000°N 20.50028°E / 38.12000; 20.50028
Website	efl-airport.gr
Map
EFLLocation 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, DAFIF

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.

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.

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. "We signed the deal today," the head of Greece's privatisation agency Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters. 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completed a major upgrade of the airport's facilities, including constructing a new terminal building that replaced the outdated existing one.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. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many flights to the airport were suspended for 2020, although flights from Europe are gradually restarting.

Airlines and destinations

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

Traffic figures

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

The data is taken from the official website of the airport.

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(Nov) 114.404 755.925 870.329

Traffic statistics by country (2022)

Traffic by country at Kefalonia International Airport – 2022

Place	Country	Total pax
1	United Kingdom	466,043
2	Greece	95,971
3	Italy	87,631
4	Netherlands	39,095
5	Germany	26,457
6	Austria	20,795
7	Poland	16,203
8	Czech Republic	15,194
9	France	10,749
10	Hungary	9,099
11	Slovenia	5,465
12	Romania	5,438
13	Serbia	5,057
14	Sweden	4,446
15	Switzerland	2,739

Ground transport

KTEL runs a limited bus service between the airport and Argostoli.

See also

• Transport in Greece

References

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External links

Media related to Kefalonia Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Kefalonia Airport (official website)
• Current weather for LGKF at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for EFL at Aviation Safety Network

• Greece
• Aviation

• Airports in Greece
• Airports established in 1971
• Cephalonia
• Transport in the Ionian Islands (region)