Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport guide

Corfu International Airport (ICAO: LGKR) sits on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea, about 3 km south of Corfu Town. The airport is named after Ioannis Kapodistrias, a Corfiot diplomat and the first governor of modern Greece. Buses and taxis cover the short run into town in around 10 minutes.

The airfield dates from 1937. The first commercial flight, from Athens, landed on 19 April 1949, and the airport gained international status in April 1965. A single asphalt runway, 16/34, is 2,373 m long. The passenger terminal was completed in 1972.

The Greek state owns the airport. Fraport Greece has operated it since 11 April 2017 under a 40-year concession. Aegean Airlines and Ryanair base services here, and easyJet, Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Wizz Air and Norwegian fly mostly seasonal routes. Traffic peaks between April and October. In 2023 the United Kingdom was the largest source market with 1,312,135 passengers, ahead of Germany with 715,138. The airport handled 4,343,748 passengers and 31,474 aircraft movements in 2024.