 The runway is characterised as 'short and narrow'.Because of the uneven terrain on the island of Skiathos, Skiathos Airport was created by reclaiming land from the sea between Skiathos island and the smaller island of Lazareta (a former leper colony) effectively joining the two islands into one larger island.It is named after Alexandros Papadiamantis, a Greek novelist who happened to be an island local.