Corfu International Airport

Corfu International Airport Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κέρκυρας Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας Ioannis Kapodistrias
IATA: CFU – ICAO: LGKR CFU Location of airport in Greece
Summary
Airport type		Public
Location		Corfu
Elevation AMSL		6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates		39°36′07″N 19°54′42″E / 39.60194°N 19.91167°E / 39.60194; 19.91167Coordinates: 39°36′07″N 19°54′42″E / 39.60194°N 19.91167°E / 39.60194; 19.91167
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17/35	7,792	2,375	Asphalt

View of the terminal building from the runaway

Corfu International Airport, "Ioannis Kapodistrias" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κέρκυρας, "Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας") or Ioannis Kapodistrias (Capodistrias) International Airport (IATA: CFU, ICAO: LGKR) is an airport on the Greek island of Corfu at Kerkyra, serving both scheduled and charter flights from European cities. Air traffic peaks during the summer season, between April and October.

The Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport, named after Ioannis Kapodistrias distinguished Corfiot European diplomat and first Governor of Greece, is located around 3 kilometres south of Corfu Town, half a kilometre north of Pontikonisi. The approach and landing, in a northeasterly direction, afford the flying passengers a spectacular aerial view of Pontikonisi and Vlaherna Monastery as well as the hills of Kanoni as the runway used for landing is actually a few hundred meters away from these landmarks.

The airport offers domestic flights with Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines, but the vast majority of traffic in the summer season is charter flights for holiday makers.

The majority of the charter traffic arrives on Mondays and Fridays, for the sake of tranquility during the rest of the week, since the airport is on the outskirts of Corfu Town itself, and to coincide with the change-over days for holiday apartment rentals.

There is a taxi rank and bus stop outside the terminal connecting the airport with all parts of the island.

Airlines and destinations

Last updated: 28 April 2011

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens, Thessaloniki Seasonal charter: Moscow-Domodedovo, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Aeroflot	Seasonal: Moscow Sheremetyevo
Air Berlin	Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Münster/Osnabrück, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Zürich
Air One	Seasonal: Milan Malpensa
Arkia Israel Airlines	Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Austrian Airlines operated by Lauda Air	Seasonal: Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna
Bmibaby	Seasonal: East Midlands [begins 28 May 2012]
Blu-express	Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino
Condor	Seasonal: Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt
Cyprus Airways	Larnaca
EasyJet	Seasonal: Berlin-Schöenefeld, Bristol, London-Gatwick, London-Luton [begins 31 March 2012], Manchester, Milan-Malpensa
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zürich
Flybe	Charter seasonal Edinburgh
Germanwings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Hannover, Stuttgart
Holidays Czech Airlines	Seasonal: Prague
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Seasonal: Barcelona, Madrid
Jat Airways	Seasonal: Belgrade
Jet2	Seasonal: East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jetairfly	Seasonal: Brussels
Luxair	Seasonal: Luxembourg
Malév Hungarian Airlines	Seasonal: Budapest
Monarch	Seasonal: London Luton Seasonal ~ Charter: Birmingham, Edinburgh, London-Gatwick, Manchester
Niki	Seasonal: Linz, Salzburg, Vienna
Nordavia	Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo
NordStar	Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen
Olympic Air	Athens
Ryanair	Seasonal: London-Stansted, Leeds/Bradford [begins 29 March 2012]
Sky Express	Kefalonia, Preveza/Lefkada, Zakynthos Seasonal: Heraklion
Sky Wings	Charter Seasonal Birmingham
Smart Wings	Seasonal: Košice, Ostrava, Prague
Thomas Cook Airlines	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thomson Airways	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London Gatwick, London-Luton, London Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich
Transaero	Seasonal: Moscow Domodedovo
Transavia.com	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen, Rotterdam
Travel Service (Hungary)	Seasonal: Budapest
TUIfly	Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart
TUIfly Nordic	Seasonal: Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda, Copenhagen
Wizz Air	Seasonal: Budapest
Travel Service Slovakia	Bratislava, Kosice

External links

• Greek Airports: Corfu International Airport, "I. Kapodistrias"
• Greek Airport Guide: Kerkira Airport, "I. Kapodistrias"
• Official Corfu Airport web site: "Corfu Airport"
• Airport information for LGKR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

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