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Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (LGTS/SKG) is the principal gateway to northern Greece, sited on the shore of the Thermaikos Gulf close to the city of Thessaloniki in Central Macedonia. It offers a full instrument-approach environment with two paired runways, radar and procedural air traffic control, making it a straightforward if busy destination for a simulator pilot flying into the region.
Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport, known by its IATA code SKG and ICAO identifier LGTS, is the main international airport serving the city of Thessaloniki and the wider Central Macedonia region of Greece. It sits at an elevation of 16 feet close to sea level, on the coast of the Thermaikos Gulf, and functions as a large scheduled and charter airport with a full set of navigation and control facilities, making it a realistic and useful destination for VFR or IFR flights into northern Greece.
The airport lies at coordinates 40.5197N, 22.9709E, on the coastal plain just outside the city of Thessaloniki in Central Macedonia. As a large international airport it sits within controlled airspace with its own approach and tower services, and pilots can expect to be worked by Thessaloniki Approach and Tower when operating in the vicinity.
LGTS has two physical runways. Runway 10/28 is a hard-surfaced strip, with runway 28 measuring 11,414 feet and runway 10 measuring 11,317 feet in length; runway 10 is equipped with an ILS. Runway 16/34 is also hard-surfaced and shorter, with runway 16 at 8,119 feet and runway 34 at 8,057 feet; both ends are lit, and runway 16 carries an ILS as well.
Air-to-ground communication is available on 563.7 MHz. Thessaloniki Approach can be reached on 120.8 MHz, with an ATIS broadcast on 127.55 MHz. Clearance delivery operates on 118.05 MHz, Ground on 121.7 MHz, and Tower on 118.1 MHz. Both runway 10 and runway 16 are served by ILS approaches, giving instrument-approach options at each end of the field's two runways.
LGTS continues to operate as a large international airport handling scheduled and charter air traffic for Thessaloniki and the surrounding region, with full tower, approach and ground control services available to arriving and departing traffic.