Airport type Public Serves Kos Island Focus city for Aegean Airlines Code KGS Phone +30 2242 056000 Passenger count 2,143,860 | Owner Greek state Location Andimachia, Greece Address Kos 853 02, Greece Elevation 126 m Yearly aircraft movements 17,018 | |
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Operator Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture | ||
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Kos Island International Airport, "Hippocrates" (IATA: KGS, ICAO: LGKO), or Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κω, Ιπποκράτης in Greek, is an airport serving the island of Kos, Greece. The airport is located near to Andimachia village. It is also the second-closest airport to Bodrum after Milas-Bodrum Airport.
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History
The airport was opened on 4 April 1964. In 1974 the runway was extended to 2,400 metres. With the increased traffic at the airport in 1980 was built new terminal building. In 1997, the terminal building was renovated and expanded.
In December 2015 the privatisation of Kos Island International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalised 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 HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters. According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Kos Island International Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.