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Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport (IATA: OHD, ICAO:LWOH) is located in the the city of Ohrid, Macedonia. It is the primary international airport serving Ohrid and its surrounding metropolitan area. Phone Number :+38946252820
Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport(OHD)
Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport(ICAO: LWOH)is an international regional airport serving Ohrid, Macedonia. It is located approximately 9 km northwest of Ohrid and operates primarily as a tourism-oriented gateway rather than a major cargo hub. The airport is intended to complement Skopje International Airport and can accommodate small to medium-sized aircraft. Its apron is reported in the supplied airport record to accommodate up to nine aircraft, while the terminal is designed for up to 400,000 passengers annually. For freight forwarders, the airport is best assessed as a schedule-sensitive regional gateway: cargo acceptance, handling equipment, customs procedures, and onward trucking should be confirmed for each shipment before booking.
| Airport name | Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport |
|---|---|
| IATA / ICAO | OHD / LWOH |
| Location | Ohrid, Macedonia |
| Coordinates | 41.1800003, 20.7423000 |
| Local time | UTC+01:00 |
Operational Profile for Freight Planning
- Regional international airport with a passenger and tourism-led operating profile, not a dedicated freighter hub.
- Small-to-medium aircraft capability makes aircraft type, seasonal schedules, and available belly capacity important booking variables.
- Ohrid and the surrounding tourism economy form the primary local catchment; larger cargo programs may require a Skopje or neighboring-country alternative.
- Terminal passenger amenities are documented in the supplied record, but cargo-specific storage, screening, and warehouse capabilities require shipment-by-shipment confirmation.
- Our service team treats cut-off times, customs availability, and trucking connections as carrier- or handling-agent-dependent rather than fixed airport-wide assumptions.
Facility Checks Before Booking
Because Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport is primarily a regional passenger airport, our service team confirms the actual handling chain before issuing a firm cargo plan. The following points should be treated as operational verification items, not assumed facilities.
Air cargo acceptance
Confirm whether the operating carrier and appointed ground handler accept general cargo, express shipments, or only limited belly cargo on the selected service.
Screening and build-up
Verify available screening, weighing, palletisation, loose-cargo handling, and ULD compatibility for the aircraft and shipment dimensions.
Temperature control
Do not assume refrigerated or pharmaceutical storage. Obtain written confirmation of cool-room availability, monitoring, handover timing, and contingency arrangements.
Dangerous goods
Acceptance of dangerous goods, lithium batteries, dry ice, and other regulated articles depends on the carrier, handler, aircraft, and current approvals.
Customs interface
Confirm the responsible customs office, declaration timing, inspection process, and whether cargo can remain under customs control during transfer or collection.
Delivery and collection
Arrange consignee collection or bonded trucking in advance, especially outside the operating window or when cargo requires customs release before handover.
Routing Logic and Schedule Risk
- Available cargo capacity is generally linked to the passenger schedule and may change by season, aircraft type, or operating carrier. Our service team confirms the live routing before acceptance.
- International shipments may require an interline or road-feeder connection through a larger regional gateway, including Skopje or another European hub, subject to carrier acceptance and customs routing.
- For imports, total transit time includes transfer availability, customs processing, terminal release, and final trucking; a flight schedule alone is not a delivery commitment.
- Tourism-season peaks, irregular operations, weather, aircraft payload restrictions, and limited handling windows can affect uplift and connection reliability.
Local Catchment and Suitable Freight Profiles
- Primary hinterland: Ohrid and nearby communities in the southwestern part of Macedonia, with road access planning required for origins outside the immediate airport area.
- Tourism-related supply: hotel equipment, replacement parts, event materials, retail replenishment, and time-sensitive service items may be suitable when airline capacity is confirmed.
- General commercial cargo: documents, samples, machinery spares, industrial components, and small consolidated consignments can be considered subject to handling acceptance.
- High-care commodities: pharmaceuticals, perishables, live animals, dangerous goods, and valuable cargo require advance approval and a documented handling chain; they should not be tendered on an assumption of local specialist infrastructure.
Practical Controls for Forwarders
- Cut-off control: Obtain the carrier and handler's actual cargo acceptance, document, and physical tender deadlines. Regional passenger services may have narrower windows than cargo hubs.
- Documentation: Prepare the air waybill, commercial invoice, packing list, origin information, customs data, and any permits or certificates required for the commodity and trade lane.
- Regulated cargo: Dangerous goods declarations, lithium-battery details, dry-ice quantities, temperature instructions, and live-animal documents must be submitted for pre-approval where applicable.
- Customs and collection: Ensure consignee contact details are accurate and pre-arrange broker involvement. Inspection, release, storage, and collection conditions must be confirmed with the appointed handler.
Recommended Booking Approach
- Send our service team the commodity description, HS information, pieces, dimensions, gross weight, chargeable-weight estimate, value, and preferred delivery date before requesting uplift.
- Use rigid, stackable packaging with clear piece marks and a complete consignee address. Oversized, non-stackable, or fragile pieces require dimensional and aircraft-loading confirmation.
- For temperature-sensitive, dangerous, valuable, or live shipments, request written acceptance and a handling plan before cargo is delivered to the airport.
- Keep a fallback plan through a larger regional gateway or road-feeder solution when the selected service has insufficient capacity, seasonal operation, or an unsuitable customs connection.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport handle international air freight?
It can be considered for international freight when the operating carrier and ground handler accept the shipment. Acceptance is not automatic for every flight or commodity, so our service team checks the live schedule and handling conditions first.
Is there a dedicated cargo terminal or guaranteed cold storage?
Such capabilities should not be assumed from the airport's passenger-terminal profile. Our service team verifies cargo acceptance, screening, storage, and temperature-control arrangements with the responsible handler for each booking.
Can dangerous goods or lithium batteries be shipped through Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport?
Possibly, but only subject to carrier, aircraft, handler, and regulatory approval. The shipper must provide accurate classification, packing, marking, labelling, and declaration data before tender.
What information is needed to quote a shipment?
Provide origin and destination, commodity, pieces, dimensions, gross weight, value, ready date, Incoterms, and any special requirements. Our service team then checks routing, capacity, documentation, customs, and delivery options.
When should an alternative gateway be considered?
Consider an alternative when the shipment needs daily capacity, guaranteed specialist storage, freighter uplift, complex consolidation, or a firm delivery window that the regional passenger schedule cannot reliably support.
Reference Scope and Verification Boundary
Airport name, codes, coordinates, location, time zone, telephone contact, apron statement, terminal capacity statement, and passenger-oriented airport description are based on the airport record supplied for this page. Operational items that can change—carrier acceptance, schedules, cut-off times, cargo storage, customs availability, handling equipment, and transit windows—must be reconfirmed before shipment tender.
- Airport network and operator reference: tav.aero
- IATA industry reference: iata.org
- ICAO aviation reference: icao.int
The listed sources provide authoritative aviation or operator-level reference points; they do not replace shipment-specific confirmation from the operating airline, ground handler, customs broker, and our service team.