Aktion National Airport

Aktion National Airport (IATA: PVK, ICAO: LGPZ) is an airport serving Preveza and Lefkada in Greece. It is also known as Preveza Airport. It is also used by NATO and Hellenic Air Force Command. The airport commenced operations in 1968.^[4]

Aktion National Airport Αεροδρόμιο Ακτίου
IATA: PVK ICAO: LGPZ
Summary
Airport type	Public and military
Owner/Operator	Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves	Preveza / Lefkada, Greece
Location	Aktion
Elevation AMSL	11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	38°55′32″N 20°45′55″E
Website	pvk-airport.gr
Map
PVK Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 2,871 9,419 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers 773,587 Passenger traffic change 107.9% Aircraft movements 6,610 Aircraft movements change 46.2%
Sources:HCAA,[1] DAFIF,[2][3][4] Aktion Airport[5]

History

In December 2015, the privatisation of Aktion National 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.^[6] "We signed the deal today", the head of Greece's privatisation agency HRADF, Stergios Pitsiorlas, told Reuters.^[7] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Aktion National Airport) for 40 years as of autumn 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Aktion National Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
arkia	Seasonal: Tel Aviv (resumes 14 June 2025)[8]
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna[9]
Avanti Air	Seasonal charter: Friedrichshafen[10][better source needed]
Braathens International Airways	Seasonal charter: Aalborg,[11] Copenhagen,[11] Gothenburg,[11] Helsinki,[11] Norrköping,[11] Skellefteå,[11] Stockholm–Arlanda,[11] Trondheim[11]
British Airways	Seasonal: London–Heathrow[12]
Condor	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,[13] Munich, Stuttgart[14]
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal: Amsterdam[15]
Cyprus Airways	Seasonal: Larnaca[16]
Discover Airlines	Seasonal: Frankfurt,[17][18] Munich[17][18]
easyJet	Seasonal: Berlin,[19] Bristol,[20] London–Gatwick,[21] Milan–Malpensa,[22] Naples[23]
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zurich[24]
Enter Air	Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick[25][better source needed]
Eurowings	Seasonal: Düsseldorf (begins 3 May 2025),[26] Stockholm–Arlanda (resumes 17 May 2025),[27] Stuttgart[28]
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham,[29] Bristol,[30] East Midlands (begins 6 May 2026),[31] Edinburgh,[32][33] London–Luton (begins 24 May 2026),[34] London–Stansted, Manchester,[35][36] Newcastle upon Tyne (begins 27 May 2026)[37]
LOT Polish Airlines	Seasonal: Warsaw–Radom[38]
Lufthansa	Seasonal: Munich[18]
Marabu	Seasonal: Hamburg, Munich
Marathon Airlines	Seasonal charter: Innsbruck[39]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen,[40][41] Oslo[42][41]
People's	Seasonal: St. Gallen/Altenrhein[citation needed]
Ryanair	Seasonal: Bergamo,[22] Bologna,[43] Budapest,[22] London–Stansted,[44] Nuremberg,[45] Rome–Fiumicino,[46] Vienna[47][48][49]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Gothenburg,[50] Stavanger,[51] Stockholm–Arlanda[50]
Sky Express	Corfu,[52] Kefalonia,[52] Sitia,[52] Zakynthos[52]
Smartwings[53]	Seasonal: Prague[54] Seasonal charter: Bratislava,[55] Brno,[54] Budapest,[56] Ostrava[54]
Sunclass Airlines	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[57] Helsinki,[58] Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda[59]
Sundor	Seasonal: Tel Aviv (begins 29 May 2025)[60]
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam,[61] Paris–Orly[62]
TUI Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Netherlands	Seasonal: Amsterdam[63]
Tus Airways	Seasonal: Larnaca,[64] Tel Aviv[65][better source needed]
Volotea	Seasonal: Bari,[66] Naples
Vueling	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at PVK airport. See Wikidata query.

Annual passenger traffic

Year	Flights	Domestic passengers	International passengers	Total passengers	% annual change
1994	1,648	11,650	161,229	172,879
1995	1,898	14,786	198,300	213,058	23.2%
1996	1,906	18,347	183,933	202,280	5.1%
1997	2,043	20,177	217,774	237,951	17.6%
1998	2,250	18,832	244,561	263,393	10.7%
1999	1,837	14,213	227,932	242,145	8.1%
2000	2,331	16,933	282,482	299,415	23.7%
2001	2,208	15,025	286,857	301,882	0.8%
2002	2,337	13,257	315,791	329,048	9.0%
2003	3,011	15,690	283,162	298,852	9.2%
2004	3,156	17,613	271,362	288,975	3.3%
2005	3,061	16,701	284,152	300,853	4.1%
2006	3,014	17,654	270,901	288,555	4.1%
2007	3,260	19,673	302,088	321,761	11.5%
2008	3,256	17,715	310,404	328,119	2.0%
2009	3,034	15,690	295,233	310,923	5.2%
2010	2,758	6,343	286,105	292,448	5.9%
2011	2,728	4,891	289,265	294,156	0.6%
2012	2,858	4,629	284,206	288,835	1.8%
2013	3,166	7,758	308,607	316,365	9.5%
2014	3,590	5,861	352,384	358,245	13.2%
2015	3,940	8,284	380,011	388,295	8.4%
2016	4,510	18,570	454,300	472,870	21.8%
2017	5,295	12,771	532,879	569,082	20.3%
2018	5,394	8,152	541,283	583,666	2.6%
2019	5,592	16,763	609,027	625,790	7.2%
2020	2,342	5,561	155,847	161,408	74.2%
2021	4,520	11,433	360,663	372,096	130.5%
2022	6,610	12,973	760,614	773,587	107,9%
2023	6,684	12,642	804,564	817,206	5,9%
2024	6,712	14,357	810,537	824,894	0,9%
2025(Mar)	172	706	197	903	34,1%

^[1][67]

The record (highest) figure to date is highlighted in bold

Traffic statistics by country (2024)

Traffic by country at Aktion National Airport – 2024

Place	Country	Total pax
1	United Kingdom	230.024
2	Germany	114.705
3	Netherlands	92.010
4	Denmark	73,971
5	Sweden	61.619
6	Italy	55.446
7	Norway	36.130
8	Austria	28.381
9	Czech Republic	28.177
10	Finland	27.547
11	Hungary	20.139
12	Greece	14.357
13	Israel	11.897
14	Poland	9.443
15	Cyprus	8.081

Source:^[68]

Accidents and incidents

• On 14 July 1996, a NATO-operated E-3 Sentry (serial number LX-N90457) overran the runway and crashed into a sea wall when the pilot attempted to abort takeoff after thinking the aircraft had ingested birds. There were only minor injuries and no fatalities, however, the fuselage broke, causing total loss of the aircraft. During the investigation of the incident, no indications of bird ingestion were found. The aircraft was subsequently written off.^[69][70]

See also

• Transport in Greece