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FSDG Thessaloniki X
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THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
"Macedonia" (Greek: Διεθνής Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Θεσσαλονίκης «Μακεδονία»,
(IATA: SKG, ICAO: LGTS), officially known as Macedonia International Airport (Greek: Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο
Μακεδονία), is located about 15 km SE of the city center of Thessaloniki. The airport is the second largest
state owned and operated airport in the country after Heraklion (LGIR) airport on the isle of Crete. It
opened in 1930 and was the second busiest airport in Greece in terms of flights served and the third busi-
est in terms of passengers served in 2012 having served over 4 million passengers. It is the main airport of
Northern Greece and serves the city of Thessaloniki. The airport has its own long history, written all over
the wrecked airliners which are gracefully parked behind the airport’s Aeroclub.
You can read about the related incidents here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9v_Flight_262,
http://www.aviation.enyd.de/index.php?id=68
The spectacular approach to RW16 offers unique views above the city’s most famous landmarks
before descending above water to finally land. Thessaloniki often gets completely fogged in, especially at
evening and early morning hours, when wind is calm due to the humidity of adjacent Thermaikos gulf sea.
For this reason ILS 16 and the runway & taxiway lights are for CATII category for precision approaches down
to 150ft above the runway and/or 450m visibility. On the other side, the approach is equally thrilling as you
will have to stay alert of the uneven terrain and pay attention to rather steep descent before landing on
RW34.
Runway 10/28 is currently closed due to construction works taking place to further expand the
runway and accomodate larger aircraft and increase safety as aircraft will have greater flexibility and visual
contact in bad weather conditions.
All this, and much more is offered in this scenery add-on which will take you several days to explore and
allow you to appreciate the beauty of the special city of Thessaloniki!