Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Kavala, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (Greece)

IATA: KVA ICAO: LGKV

Longest Active Runway

9,844 ft

3,000 meters

Field Elevation

18 ft

5 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

40.9133°, 24.6192°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #600 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#1,079 of 7558

Top 14.3% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Greece)

#5 of 5 in GR

#10 of 42 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

-1.6%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 KVA in numbers: 9,844 ft longest runway · tied #600 of 650 published · #1,079 of 7,558 worldwide (top 14.3%) · #5 in Greece.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

KVA lies at 5 m (18 ft), #595 of 650 published airports by elevation and 8.7 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 4 ft below the Greece median (22 ft, 5 airports); CHQ is highest at 490 ft, 472 ft higher than KVA.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

1 Qualifying Aerodrome in Vicinity

Closest of 1 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbour within 100 NM: Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG), 78.7 NM, 11,286 ft. SKG has the radius's longest runway, 1,442 ft more than KVA.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 9,844 ft (3,000 m)

KVA runway: 05/23 9,844 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: #5 of 5 in Greece; ATH leads by 3,279 ft (13,123 ft). −1.6% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
05/23	9,844 ft (3000 m / 3.000 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (Thessaloniki)	`SKG`	78.7 NM (145.8 km)	11,286 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →