Mytilene and Mykonos airports to close one day a week from next week for runway reconstruction

The runways at Mytilene airport on Lesvos and at Mykonos airport will close for a full day every week this winter while they are rebuilt, under a schedule published by the operator Fraport Greece. At Mytilene the runway will be shut every Tuesday from 00:01 to 23:59 local time between 17 November 2026 and 23 March 2027; at Mykonos the closure falls every Thursday, over the same hours, from 19 November 2026 to 18 March 2027.

The weekly closures will be lifted on 23, 24 and 31 December 2026 and on 6 and 7 January 2027, around the holiday period. Corfu airport will also suspend runway operations for a continuous period, from 20 to 28 January 2027.

Fraport Greece says the works are a full reconstruction of the runways, including the reconfiguration of the runway strips and runway end safety areas, carried out under its concession agreement, and that the closure windows are the shortest possible for the scope of the project. Helicopters will still be able to operate emergency flights, such as air ambulance, search and rescue, firefighting, humanitarian and government missions, and the passenger terminals remain open.

The operator does not say which airlines or flights are affected or whether services will be moved to other days. Travellers planning winter trips to Lesvos, Mykonos or Corfu should take the closure dates into account and confirm their schedule with the airline.