Skopje "Alexander the Great" Airport

Skopje "Alexander the Great" Airport Аеродром ,,Александар Велики" Скопје Aerodrom ,,Aleksandar Veliki" Skopje
IATA: SKP ICAO: LWSK
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Owner	TAV Airports
Serves	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Location	Petrovec
Hub for	Wizz Air
Elevation AMSL	238 m / 781 ft
Coordinates	41°57′40″N 021°37′37″E / 41.96111°N 21.62694°E / 41.96111; 21.62694Coordinates: 41°57′40″N 021°37′37″E / 41.96111°N 21.62694°E / 41.96111; 21.62694
Website	skp.airports.com.mk
Map
LWSK Location in Republic of Macedonia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 3,042 9,992 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 1,649,374 Passenger change 15–16 13,6%
Source: Republic of Macedonia AIP at EUROCONTROL

Passengers	1,649,374
Passenger change 15–16	13,6%

Skopje Airport (IATA: SKP, ICAO: LWSK) (Macedonian: Аеродром Скопје, Aerodrom Skopje) or Skopje "Alexander the Great" Airport (Macedonian: Аеродром „Александар Велики“ Скопје, Aerodrom "Aleksandar Veliki" Skopje), is the larger and busier of the two international airports in the Republic of Macedonia, with the other being the St. Paul the Apostle Airport in Ohrid. It is located 17 km (11 mi) southeast of the national capital Skopje in the Municipality of Petrovec.

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 in Greece, and further extended to Greek capital 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 Second World War, 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.