Runways at LGSM
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Samos Airport (Samos Island) has one runway: 09/27 - 2,044 m long (6,706 ft), 45 m wide, asphalt surface.
Samos Airport (Samos Island) (LGSM / SMI)
Greece · elevation 19 ft AMSL
· 37.6900, 26.9117
About Samos Airport (Samos Island)
Samos Airport (Samos Island) is an airport with the ICAO code LGSM and the IATA code SMI. Country: Greece. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Samos Island. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the LG prefix, which marks airports in Greece. The four-letter code LGSM is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code SMI is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 37°41'24"N, 26°54'42"E, at an elevation of 19 ft (6 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Europe/Athens.
Satellite view of LGSM
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of LGSM
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | 90° | 2,044 m (6,706 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | asphalt |
| 27 | 270° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Climate at Samos Airport (Samos Island) - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from LGSM for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 21,624 METAR reports issued by LGSM in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 94% of the time, MVFR 6% and IFR or LIFR <1%. Best month for VFR flying: July (100% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: April (<1%).
IFR and LIFR conditions are rare here at any time of day.
Fog practically did not occur here. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 19 days a year on average, and snowfall practically never.
The wind most often blows from N (0°) - 26% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 8% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 1%. Warmest month: July (average high 35.4 °C); coldest: February (average low 7.4 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 94%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- <1%
- Avg high
- 24.1 °C
- Avg low
- 15.7 °C
- Fog days
- 0
- Thunderstorm days
- 19
- Snow days
- 0
- Prevailing wind
- N · 26%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- 1%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 94%
- MVFR 6%
- IFR <1%
- LIFR <1%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 8%
Most often: N - 26% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.9 | 9.4 | 85% | <1% | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| February | 14.1 | 7.4 | 91% | 0% | 0 | 1.3 | 0 |
| March | 18.2 | 10.6 | 91% | <1% | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 21.0 | 12.7 | 93% | <1% | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| May | 25.2 | 15.6 | 99% | 0% | 0 | 0.7 | 0 |
| June | 32.2 | 21.9 | 99% | <1% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 35.4 | 24.9 | 100% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 33.8 | 23.7 | 100% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 30.4 | 21.4 | 99% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 24.8 | 16.7 | 97% | 0% | 0 | 0.7 | 0 |
| November | 20.9 | 13.4 | 90% | <1% | 0 | 3.7 | 0 |
| December | 16.6 | 10.2 | 82% | <1% | 0 | 3.7 | 0 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 09/27 on 90° and 270° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 09/27 axis, wind from the south (around 180°) or from the north (around 360°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 90° or 270° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for LGSM
Weather reports for Samos Airport (Samos Island) are published under the ICAO code LGSM. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the LGSM report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for LGSM, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Europe/Athens zone is GMT+02:00 in winter and GMT+03:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Selçuk Efes Airport (LTFB, 47 km), Ikaria Airport (Ikaria Island) (LGIK, 50 km), Leros Airport (Leros Island) (LGLE, 57 km). When no report is available for LGSM, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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