Skopje International Airport
Skopje International Airport
Skopje International Airport (Macedonian: ??????????? ???????? ??????, romanized: Megjunaroden aerodrom Skopje, Albanian: Aeroporti Ndërkombëtar i Shkupit) (IATA: SKP, ICAO: LWSK), also known as Skopje Airport and Petrovec Airport is the larger and busier of the two international airports in North Macedonia, with the other being the St. Paul the Apostle Airport in Ohrid, which is located 170 km (110 mi) southwest from the national capital Skopje.
Location
41.958°N, 21.623°E · 238 m s. n. m. (781 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
Early years
The first flight and landing in Skopje was done in 1912 during the Balkan war by Serbian military aviators. In 1915, Skopje became part of Bulgaria during World War I and a military airport was established there, which was key for Bulgarian and German aviation. The Skopje Airport itself did not exist as a modern civil airport, but as a field aerodrome for military needs. In late September 1918, during the Vardar offensive, Skopje became the airfield of the 1st Section of the 73rd Squadron of the British Royal Army, part of the British and French forces in Italy during World War I. It remained in then South Serbia until August 1919.
An airport was built in 1928 near what is today a neighborhood called Aerodrom. The first commercial flights in Skopje were introduced in 1929 when the Yugoslav carrier Aeroput introduced a route linking the city with the capital, Belgrade. A year later, the route was extended to Thessaloniki and further to Athens in 1933. In 1935, Aeroput linked Skopje with Bitola and Niš, and also operated a longer international route linking Vienna and Thessaloniki through Zagreb, Belgrade and Skopje.
After the occupation of the region by Bulgaria during World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia, a military airport was built in the city under the leadership of former IMRO revolutionary Konstantin Popatanasov. This airport near Aerodrom, was destroyed during the bombing of Bulgaria in World War II.
After the Second World War, the current airport was built near a neighborhood called Petrovec and Aeroput was replaced by JAT Yugoslav Airlines, which linked Skopje to a number of domestic and international destinations until the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.
Development since the 2000s
In December 2006, as part of the identity policies called antiquization, the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE-led government of then Republic of Macedonia renamed the airport after Alexander the Great, sparking further controversy in the diplomatic feud with Greece. Thus, the airport was named Skopje Alexander the Great Airport from 2006 to 2018.
In 2008, the Macedonian Government signed a contract with the Turkish company TAV Airports Holding for a twenty-year-long concession, during which this company would manage Macedonia's two existing airports, the Skopje Airport and the St. Paul the Apostle Airport in Ohrid.
In September 2011, the new terminal building, extension of the runway, new administrative building, cargo building and new access road with parking facilities were opened.
In February 2018, Alexander the Great was dropped from the airport's name in a move to improve relations with Greece, with the airport being officially renamed Skopje International Airport. A few months before, Aegean Airlines announced future flights between Athens and Skopje, the first flights to Greece for several years.
Airlines operating here · 18
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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BibTeX
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title = {{Skopje International Airport (SKP)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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date = {2026-10-15},
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urldate = {2026-10-17},
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}Wikipedia
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