# Corfu International Airport

Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κέρκυρας "Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας") or Ioannis Kapodistrias (Capodistrias) International Airport (IATA: CFU, ICAO: LGKR) is a government-owned 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, a distinguished Corfiot diplomat and the first governor of Greece, is located around 2 kilometres south of Corfu Town, and half a kilometre north of Pontikonisi. A 2021 study found that Corfu International Airport was one of the top 20 most vulnerable airports to climate change caused sea level rise.

## History

The airport was founded in 1937. During the Second World War, it was used by German and Italian forces as a base for transport and fighter aircraft. During the war the runway length was 600 m. By the end of April 1949, the length had reached 800 m. A further extension to 1,260 m took place by the end of 1951 to meet the then larger aircraft needs. The next and last extension of the runway began in 1957 and was completed in 1959, with a length of 2,373m. The first commercial flight took place on 19 April 1949 from Athens operated by TAE Greek National Airlines. On 2 September 1950, HELLAS also started flights to Corfu. In 1962, a small passenger terminal was built, which today accommodates the Corfu Aeroclub. In April 1965, the airport became International, with the inaugural overseas flight being operated by Olympic Airlines. The construction of the new passenger terminal began in 1968 and was completed in 1972.
In December 2015, the privatisation of Corfu International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalised with the signing of the agreement (as a joint venture) between Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group and state privatisation fund Hellenic Republic Asset Development 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 Corfu International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.

## Fraport Greece's investment plan

On 22 March 2017, Fraport Greece presented its master plan for the 14 regional airports including Corfu International Airport.
Immediate actions that were implemented as soon as Fraport-Greece took over operations included a general clean-up of the airport, improving lighting and sanitary facilities and the markings of airside areas, as well as offering free WiFi and ensuring fire safety standards are met throughout the airport and surrounding property.
The master plan also included changes which will be implemented under Fraport-Greece's investment plan prior to 2021. These changes include the remodeling and expansion of the current terminal as well as the construction of a new terminal. A Hold Baggage inline Screening System (HBS) will improve safety and efficiency, along with the refurbishment of the airport fire service, which will benefit from the reorganization of the airport apron area including the replacement of paving in this area. Also planned is the increase in the number of check-in desks from 22 to 28, and the number of departure gates to 12, as well as reorganisation of the security check lanes in the terminal.

## Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Corfu Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
| Aegean Airlines | Athens Seasonal: Heraklion (begins 2 June 2025) |
| Aer Lingus | Seasonal: Dublin |
| Air France | Seasonal: Marseille, Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Serbia | Seasonal: Belgrade |
| airBaltic | Seasonal: Riga |
| Animawings | Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni, Timișoara (begins 6 June 2025) |
| Arkia | Seasonal: Tel Aviv |
| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna |
| Avion Express | Seasonal charter: Vilnius |
| Braathens International Airways | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen |
| British Airways | Seasonal: London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow |
| Brussels Airlines | Seasonal: Brussels |
| Buzz | Seasonal charter: Katowice |
| Chair Airlines | Seasonal: Zürich |
| Condor | Seasonal: Berlin (resumes 3 May 2025), Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Nuremberg |
| Corendon Dutch Airlines | Seasonal: Amsterdam |
| Discover Airlines | Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich |
| easyJet | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Berlin, Birmingham, Bordeaux (begins 23 June 2025), Bristol, Edinburgh, Geneva, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Nantes Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Venice |
| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zürich |
| Enter Air | Seasonal charter: Gdańsk, Katowice, London--Gatwick, Poznań |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Berlin (begins 26 April 2025), Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Graz, Hamburg, Salzburg, Stuttgart |
| Finnair | Seasonal: Helsinki |
| flydubai | Seasonal: Dubai–International |
| Freebird Airlines Europe | Seasonal charter: Leipzig/Halle |
| Iberia | Seasonal: Madrid |
| Iberia Express | Seasonal: Madrid |
| Israir | Seasonal: Tel Aviv |
| ITA Airways | Seasonal: Milan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino |
| Jet2.com | Seasonal: Birmingham, Bournemouth (begins 7 May 2025), Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin |
| Lufthansa | Seasonal: Munich |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Marabu | Seasonal: Hamburg, Munich |
| Neos | Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa, Tel Aviv, Verona |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo, Riga |
| Ryanair | Seasonal: Aarhus, Athens, Barcelona, Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Bratislava, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Gdańsk, Gothenburg (begins 1 June 2025), Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Kraków, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Manchester, Marseille, Memmingen, Milan–Malpensa, Münster/Osnabrück, Naples, Niš, Nuremberg, Pisa, Poznań, Prague, Rome–Ciampino, Rome–Fiumicino (begins 3 May 2025), Shannon, Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda, Teesside, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Treviso, Turin, Verona, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze, Wroclaw, Zagreb |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal: Copenhagen Seasonal charter: Gothenburg, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| SkyAlps | Seasonal: Bolzano |
| Sky Express | Athens, Preveza, Kefalonia, Thessaloniki, Zakynthos |
| SkyUp Airlines | Seasonal: Chișinău (begins 24 May 2025) |
| Smartwings | Seasonal: Brno, Katowice, Ostrava, Prague, Warsaw–Chopin Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Budapest |
| Sundair | Seasonal: Dresden, Lübeck |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Seasonal: Geneva |
| Trade Air | Seasonal charter: Ljubljana |
| Transavia | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Nantes, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague |
| TUI Airways | Seasonal: Aberdeen, Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Cork (begins 16 May 2025), Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich |
| TUI fly Belgium | Seasonal: Brussels |
| TUI fly Deutschland | Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart |
| TUI fly Netherlands | Seasonal: Amsterdam |
| Tus Airways | Seasonal: Larnaca, Tel Aviv |
| Universal Air | Seasonal: Malta, Pécs |
| Volotea | Seasonal: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Strasbourg, Toulouse |
| Vueling | Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino |
| Wizz Air | Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Katowice, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin |

## Traffic figures

The data are from the official website of the airport.
* Year
* Passengers
* Domestic
* International
* Total
* 2009
* 305,554
* 1,487,011
* 1,792,565
* 2010
* 282,362
* 1,462,399
* 1,744,761
* 2011
* 264,338
* 1,579,835
* 1,844,173
* 2012
* 231,215
* 1,683,307
* 1,914,522
* 2013
* 217,299
* 1,889,528
* 2,106,827
* 2014
* 236,995
* 2,146,383
* 2,383,378
* 2015
* 252,506
* 2,185,510
* 2,438,016
* 2016
* 298,810
* 2,465,749
* 2,764,559
* 2017
* 295,745
* 2,622,205
* 2,917,950
* 2018
* 340,318
* 3,023,797
* 3,364,115
* 2019
* 342,844
* 2,933,053
* 3,275,897
* 2020
* 140,471
* 820,566
* 961,037
* 2021
* 214,211
* 1,830,493
* 2,044,704
* 2022
* 345,115
* 3,403,991
* 3,749,106
* 2023
* 372,412
* 3,695,641
* 4,068,053
* 2024
* 400.216
* 3.943.532
* 4.343.748
* 2025(Feb)
* 32.721
* 377
* 33.098

### Traffic statistics by country (2023)

Traffic by country at Corfu International Airport – 2023 :
| Place | Country | Total pax |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 1.312.135 |
| 2 | Germany | 715.138 |
| 3 | Greece | 372.412 |
| 4 | Italy | 319.560 |
| 5 | Poland | 276.330 |
| 6 | France | 184.837 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 122.943 |
| 8 | Austria | 87.714 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 84.022 |
| 10 | Belgium | 69.162 |
| 11 | Hungary | 64.283 |
| 12 | Ireland | 58.537 |
| 13 | Romania | 58.353 |
| 14 | Israel | 49.326 |
| 15 | Slovakia | 46.954 |
Source:

## Ground transport

By car or taxi, Corfu Airport is located 2.7 km from the city of Corfu and takes about 10 minutes. Bus services are provided between the airport and the city centre.