Arriving at Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia" (SKG)? Pre-book a private transfer with a verified Greek driver to skip the taxi queue and lock in a fixed price for any onward destination in northern Greece. The airport sits 17 km south-east of central Thessaloniki at Mikra, with a single terminal and a manageable arrivals hall.
SKG is the second-busiest airport in Greece, the main gateway to the Halkidiki peninsula's three peninsulas (Kassandra, Sithonia, Mount Athos), and a faster entry point to Meteora than Athens — the drive from SKG to Kalabaka is 2h 30m via the A2/E92, compared to 4h 30m from ATH.
Most-booked Luxi routes from Thessaloniki Airport: SKG → central Thessaloniki (€30–€45 sedan), SKG → Halkidiki resorts (€80–€140 depending on the specific resort and peninsula), SKG → Meteora (€220–€280 sedan, €280–€340 van), SKG → Vergina (the royal Macedonian tomb of Philip II, 90 minutes west).
The central Thessaloniki transfer is genuinely useful because of the city's one-way street system around the waterfront, which makes self-drive arrivals harder than they look. Drivers know which hotel entrances are on which side of Nikis avenue and which are accessible only via the back streets behind Aristotelous square.
For the IATA code reference (SKG) and other airport terminology, see the glossary.