--- iata: KGS name: Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" city: Kos country: Greece lastUpdated: '2026-09-03' officialWebsite: 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en' sources: - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en' - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en/kgs/air-traffic-statistics' - >- https://www.kgs-airport.gr/uploads/sys_nodelng/2/2885/Kos_12_Traffic_2025vs2024.pdf - >- https://www.kgs-airport.gr/uploads/sys_nodelng/2/2885/Kos_07_Traffic_2026vs2025.pdf - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en/category-detailed/ctg_id-315/nd_id-1050' - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en/category-detailed/ctg_id-298/nd_id-1050' - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en/category-detailed/ctg_id-299/nd_id-1050' - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en/category-detailed/ctg_id-296/nd_id-1049' - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en/category-detailed/ctg_id-301/nd_id-1020' - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en/category-detailed/ctg_id-313/nd_id-1047' - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en/category-detailed/ctg_id-314/nd_id-1046' - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en/category-detailed/ctg_id-736/nd_id-1775' - 'https://www.kgs-airport.gr/en/at-the-airport/shop--dine' - 'https://www.fraport-greece.com/en/airport-profiles/kos.html' - >- https://www.fraport-greece.com/content/dam/fraport-company-greece/documents/en/our-expertise/traffic-figures/2025/december/Fraport_Greece_YTD_12_Traffic_2025vs2024.pdf - 'https://www.prioritypass.com/en/lounges/greece' - 'https://www.skyexpress.gr/en/sky-experience/airports/kos' - 'https://www.koasis.gr/en/bus-kos-island-greece' - 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kos_International_Airport' quickFacts: - >- Kos International Airport “Ippokratis” (IATA KGS / ICAO LGKO) sits near Antimachia in the centre of Kos island, about 24 km from Kos Town on the provincial Kos–Kefalos road. Operator is Fraport Greece under the 40-year regional-airports concession (ops from 11 Apr 2017); official English site is kgs-airport.gr. Named for Hippocrates. Do not confuse it with Rhodes Diagoras (RHO) — the Dodecanese’s larger hub — or with Bodrum on the Turkish mainland across the water. - >- Airport YE tables (FG Traffic Data Management, preliminary): 3,176,063 passengers in 2025 (+3.5% vs 3,069,659 in 2024), with 349,422 domestic and 2,826,641 international; 23,698 flights (+3.6% vs 22,877). Jan–Jul 2026 already 1,585,747 passengers (−0.7% vs the same months of 2025). Traffic is violently seasonal — July–August leisure and charter banks dominate; December–February collapse to thin domestic-heavy months. Dodecanese #2 after Rhodes and routinely among Greece’s busier regional leisure fields. - >- Single passenger campus (Fraport-built new terminal ~24,000 m² with check-in desks expanded 16→28 and security lanes 4→9) with Schengen and Extra-Schengen / Non-Schengen airside splits after screening / passport control. Runway 14/32 about 2,400 m asphalt; field elevation about 125 m / 409 ft. Full commercial leisure gateway — not a closed military airbase. Expect remote stands and bus boarding in peak summer. - >- No rail on Kos. Default ground options are KTEL public buses (stop ~50 m from the terminal; tickets from the driver; airport page points to ktel-kos.gr), the official taxi stand in front of Arrivals, on-site rental cars (Avance / Avis Budget / Enterprise / Hertz Thrifty), and pre-booked resort transfers for Kardamena / Mastichari / Kefalos / Tigaki / Kos Town hotels. - >- Security follows standard Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority LAG rules (containers ≤100 ml in one transparent resealable ≤1 L bag; free bags at screening). The airport homepage currently flags longer Entry/Exit System (EES) waits at border control for non-Schengen arrivals and departures — arrive when check-in opens on UK and other Extra-Schengen banks. - >- No published Priority Pass / LoungeKey CIP passenger lounge at KGS. Priority Pass’s Greece directory lists ATH, CFU, HER, JMK, RHO, and SKG — not KGS. Official Shop & Dine lists cafés and duty free only — no CIP lounge page. Treat third-party “Filoxenia Lounge” blog mentions as unverified against the live airport and PP directories; plan on airside F&B (Starbucks / Burger King / Pret / So Very Greek and peers) instead. bentoTips: - label: Timing title: Summer KGS is a capacity problem sitting 30–35 minutes from town detail: >- From late spring through early autumn, overlapping Aegean/Sky Express domestics, Jet2/easyJet/Ryanair/TUI/Condor/charter banks, and bag-drop desks pack landside hard. Online check-in and cabin-bag-only travel remove the worst queue. Same-day hotel check-ins in Kos Town are short by road (~30–35 minutes) — the delay is terminal processing, not the drive. Non-Schengen EES border checks add a second bottleneck the airport itself is warning about. summary: >- In Jul–Aug arrive when check-in opens (often 2.5–3 hours before departure); winter/shoulder 2 hours is usually enough for domestics. category: timing - label: Terminal title: One Fraport campus — and no Priority Pass lounge to hunt detail: >- After security, follow Schengen / Non-Schengen signage before you commit to food. There is no published Priority Pass CIP room at KGS (unlike RHO / HER / CFU / SKG). Airside calories live in the Shop & Dine set — Starbucks, Burger King, French Bakery, Il Maestro, and So Very Greek on Schengen-accessible listings; Pret A Manger, Negroni, and Pub in Non-Schengen; Aurora and Panopolis in all-users departures. Remote stands and bus gates are common in peak season. summary: >- Single Fraport Greece terminal; do not plan on a Priority Pass lounge — KGS is missing from PP’s Greece list and Shop & Dine has no CIP page. category: terminal - label: Food title: Named brands beat mystery snack bars — still not a destination meal detail: >- Airport Shop & Dine lists landside/all-users Aurora and Panopolis; Schengen- accessible Starbucks, Burger King, French Bakery, Il Maestro, and So Very Greek; Non-Schengen Pret A Manger, Negroni, and Pub; plus Hudson / Athens Protasis / Occhio Papavasiliou / Hellenic Duty Free retail. Hours track the flight programme — early winter mornings can be thin outside the first café to open. Peak banks mean long lines and picked-over displays. summary: >- Starbucks, Burger King, Pret, So Very Greek, and duty free cover calories; eat a real meal in Kos Town or Kardamena when the schedule allows. category: food - label: Status title: KTEL bus or Arrivals taxi — no station under the terminal detail: >- Public bus is the budget path (KTEL to Kos Town, Mastichari, Kardamena, and Kefalos; stop ~50 m from the terminal; tickets from the driver; airport page points to ktel-kos.gr). Taxi stand is signed in front of Arrivals. Hotel and private transfers dominate late charters and south-/west-coast resorts. Free Wi-Fi SSID Fraport-Free — join and open a browser for the captive portal. Limited public parking opposite the terminal is free of charge per the airport parking page. summary: >- KTEL stop ~50 m from the terminal; taxi rank in front of Arrivals; pre-book resort transfers for Kardamena / Kefalos / late-charter nights. category: status lounges: [] waterOptions: - kind: purchase name: Regulated kiosk / retail bottled water zone: landside price: >- €0.50 for 500 ml regulated bottled water at participating Greek airport kiosks when the scheme is posted (confirm at till) summary: >- Greek airport kiosks are required to offer regulated-price bottled water to standing customers; €0.50 / 500 ml is the usual posted rate when the scheme is in force. Buy before a hot apron bus boarding in July. location: >- Convenience kiosks and cafés in the departures public hall (Aurora / Panopolis / Hudson near check-in and arrivals) before security terminal: Main terminal isBestValue: true - kind: purchase name: Airside café bottled water zone: airside price: Typically €1–€3 per small bottle at café pricing (confirm at till) summary: >- After screening, Starbucks / Burger King / Pret / So Very Greek / Negroni and similar sell chilled bottles at higher café mark-ups. Fine if you already cleared security empty-handed; worse value than the regulated kiosk bottle landside. location: >- Schengen and Non-Schengen café counters after security near the gate / food set (Starbucks, Burger King, Pret A Manger, So Very Greek) terminal: Main terminal isBestQuality: true - kind: refill name: Post-security washroom tap refill zone: airside summary: >- Empty bottles may pass depending on the officer after you clear liquids at screening; Greek municipal tap water is generally potable. KGS does not prominently advertise a branded bottle-fill fountain programme — washroom taps after security are the practical refill plan if you accept tap water. location: >- After central security, use washroom taps on the Schengen or Non-Schengen side nearest your gate cluster (no signed public fountain programme published on the airport site) terminal: Main terminal airportistScore: 6.8 slug: kgs region: Europe --- > Markdown for [/airports/kgs](/airports/kgs). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/kgs) - [Lounge directory](/airports/kgs/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" (KGS) Kos, Greece · Europe Dodecanese Fraport Greece leisure gateway at Antimachia — solid single-terminal navigation, named F&B brands, free limited public parking, and a ~30–35 minute road hop into Kos Town, undercut by peak-summer queues and no Priority Pass lounge. ## Airportist Score **6.8 / 10** - Comfort: 6.4 - Navigation: 8.0 - Food: 6.6 - Transport: 7.4 - Disruption resilience: 6.0 ## At a glance - Passengers: 3,176,063 (2025, airport YE PDF) - Terminals: 1 passenger campus (Schengen / Non-Schengen split) - Typical security: 16 min - On-time: 75% - Disruption: minor ## Best for - Summer leisure arrivals to Kos Town, Kardamena, Mastichari, and Kefalos resorts - Budget travellers using the KTEL bus stop ~50 m from the terminal - Cabin-bag-only LCC / charter passengers who can absorb classic 100 ml LAG rules - Self-drivers who want free short public parking opposite the terminal ## Watch out for - Jul–Aug check-in/security and EES Extra-Schengen queues — not a ‘small island’ show-up time - No published Priority Pass / CIP passenger lounge (unlike RHO/HER/CFU/SKG) - No rail — late charters to Kardamena/Kefalos need a pre-booked transfer or taxi plan - Classic ≤100 ml LAG rules; no published CT liquids waiver - Do not mix up with RHO (Rhodes) — inter-island transfers are ferry/flight hops ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/kgs/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/kgs/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/kgs/amenities.md) - [Traveler tips](/airports/kgs/tips.md) - [Water](/airports/kgs/water.md) - [Full guide](/airports/kgs/guide.md) - [Disruptions](/airports/kgs/disruptions.md) - [Reviews](/airports/kgs/reviews.md)