Kos Airport (KGS) Information

Where is Kos Airport?  

Hippocrates, the famous ambassador of medicine, was born on the Greek island of Kos, around 460 BC. In Roman mythology, Hercules also visited the island.

Today, Kos is a popular tourist destination in the Dodecanese Islands, in the southeastern Aegean Sea, near the Turkish coast.

Kos International Airport (IATA: KGS, ICAO: LGKO), officially Kos Island International Airport Hippocrates, also referred to as Kos Island International Airport, Kos Island Airport, Kos Hippocrates Airport, Kos Ippokratis Airport, or simply Kos Airport, is located near Andimachia village, roughly near the middle of the island, about 26 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of Kos Town, on Kos Island, Dodecanese Islands, Greece.

In 2012, Kos Airport served 1,797,501 passengers.

Due to its proximity to Turkey, Kos Airport is sometimes used by passengers headed to Bodrum, a short ferry ride away.

Kos Airport is a hub for Aegean Airlines. Other airlines that fly to Kos Airport include Adria Airways, Air Berlin, Air Méditerranée, Air Serbia, Arkefly, Arkia Israel Airlines, Condor, EasyJet, Finnair, Germanwings, Jet2.com, Monarch Airlines, Neos, Olympic Air, Ryanair, SmartWings, TAROM, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways, Transavia.com, TUIfly and Vueling.

Cities with flights to Kos Airport include Amsterdam, Astypalaia, Athens, Berlin, Bucharest, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gdansk, Glasgow, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kalymnos, Leros, London, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Oslo, Prague, Rhodes, Rome, Rotterdam, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Warsaw and Zurich.

Your best bet for a Kos Airport transfer is the bus. Details on all options are included in this guide.

Or, to truly arrive stress free, treat yourself to a private Kos Airport transfer from IHateTaxis.

Kos Airport services include:

• Duty Free shopping
• A restaurant
• 4 bars

 

Kos Airport is open 24 hours, allowing you to sleep here, in a pinch.

Additional Kos Airport information may be found by visiting their official website below.

• Official KGS Kos Airport Website