HER
Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport
Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (IATA: HER, ICAO: LGIR) is a large airport in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. It opened in 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,714 m (8,904 ft). In 2025 it handled 10.0 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1937–19371937
OpenedHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap09/27095° / 275° · LIT
LENGTH2,714 m8,904 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
12/30126° / 306° · SLOPE 1.1%
LENGTH1,566 m5,138 ftWIDTH50 m164 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–20256.1M
6.1M
6.8M
7.4M
8.0M
7.8M
2.4M
5.0M
7.9M
8.7M
9.4M
10.0M
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Routes
128 destinations · 38 countriesYear-round10
RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines287 km178 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines309 km192 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), Ryanair, Aegean Airlines608 km378 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Aegean Airlines729 km453 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Cyprus Airways, Aegean Airlines770 km478 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines826 km513 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Discover Airlines, Aegean Airlines1,818 km1,130 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Discover Airlines2,115 km1,314 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia2,386 km1,483 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia2,481 km1,542 miSeasonal108
JTRSantorini International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines121 km75 miPASParos National AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines187 km116 miJNXNaxos Island National AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines194 km121 miJMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines233 km145 miJSYSyros AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines233 km145 miKGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Aegean Airlines236 km147 miKLXKalamata AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines342 km213 miMJTMytilene International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines432 km268 miVOLNea Anchialos National AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece)480 km298 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Corendon Airlines534 km332 miAXDAlexandroupoli Democritus AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines617 km383 miCFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines664 km413 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Sky Express (Greece)770 km478 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air, Bulgaria Air832 km517 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair935 km581 miHFAUri Michaeli Haifa International AirportIsrael · Air Haifa950 km590 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Bluebird Airways, Wizz Air, Aegean Airlines +2971 km603 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Animawings1,030 km640 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Volotea1,121 km697 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia1,132 km703 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · easyJet, Volotea1,134 km705 miTSRTimișoara Traian Vuia International AirportRomania · Animawings1,208 km751 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Corendon Airlines1,221 km759 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Wizz Air, Animawings1,279 km795 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · FlyOne, SkyUp1,326 km824 miOMROradea International AirportRomania · Animawings1,328 km825 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways, Aegean Airlines, Neos1,332 km828 miSCVSuceava Ștefan cel Mare International AirportRomania · Animawings1,376 km855 miLJULjubljana Jože Pučnik AirportSlovenia · Corendon Airlines1,507 km936 miKSCKošice International AirportSlovakia · Smartwings1,516 km942 miGRZGraz AirportAustria · Eurowings, Corendon Airlines1,528 km949 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair, Neos1,561 km970 miBTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Smartwings1,570 km976 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair, Corendon Airlines, Austrian Airlines1,587 km986 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Volotea, Neos1,644 km1,022 miBRQBrno-Tuřany AirportCzechia · Smartwings1,685 km1,047 miOSRLeoš Janáček Airport OstravaCzechia · Smartwings1,696 km1,054 miSZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Eurowings1,711 km1,063 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair, Neos1,735 km1,078 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · SkyUp1,753 km1,089 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · FlyOne1,768 km1,099 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair, easyJet, Neos1,795 km1,115 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland, Lufthansa1,818 km1,130 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Eurowings, Smartwings1,864 km1,158 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines1,901 km1,181 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Chair Airlines, Aegean Airlines, Edelweiss Air1,926 km1,197 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Sky Express (Greece), Volotea, Transavia1,931 km1,200 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Eurowings, Corendon Airlines1,947 km1,210 miBRNBern AirportSwitzerland · Helvetic Airways1,954 km1,214 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst, TUI fly Deutschland +11,977 km1,228 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet1,997 km1,241 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet2,003 km1,245 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Corendon Airlines2,030 km1,261 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia2,038 km1,266 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Sky Express (Greece), easyJet, Volotea2,044 km1,270 miSXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Volotea2,055 km1,277 miLEJLeipzig/Halle AirportGermany · Marabu Airlines2,065 km1,283 miERFErfurt-Weimar AirportGermany · Leav Aviation2,079 km1,292 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Eurowings, Ryanair, Condor Flugdienst +12,106 km1,309 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Vueling2,114 km1,314 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, Aegean Airlines, TUI fly Deutschland +12,115 km1,314 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · AirBaltic2,145 km1,333 miETZMetz-Nancy-Lorraine AirportFrance · Aegean Airlines2,165 km1,345 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair2,211 km1,374 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Volotea2,232 km1,387 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines2,247 km1,396 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Leav Aviation, Eurowings, Corendon Airlines2,251 km1,399 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland, Corendon Airlines2,262 km1,406 miRLGRostock-Laage AirportGermany · Corendon Airlines2,296 km1,427 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings, TUI fly Deutschland, Corendon Airlines2,303 km1,431 miFMOMünster Osnabrück AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst, Corendon Airlines2,324 km1,444 miBREBremen AirportGermany · Sundair2,351 km1,461 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Marabu Airlines, Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst2,353 km1,462 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Ryanair2,367 km1,471 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Transavia2,387 km1,483 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Sky Express (Greece), easyJet, Aegean Airlines2,389 km1,484 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines, Sky Express (Greece), Transavia +12,395 km1,488 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic2,401 km1,492 miANRAntwerp International Airport (Deurne)Belgium · TUI fly Belgium2,417 km1,502 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea2,428 km1,509 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle2,448 km1,521 miLILLille AirportFrance · Volotea2,451 km1,523 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Transavia2,472 km1,536 miOSTOstend-Bruges International AirportBelgium · TUI fly Belgium2,505 km1,557 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea, Transavia2,578 km1,602 miTLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · AirBaltic2,677 km1,663 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +22,680 km1,665 miNWINorwich AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,690 km1,671 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways2,699 km1,677 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways2,715 km1,687 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet2,733 km1,698 miBOHBournemouth AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways2,760 km1,715 miBESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · Volotea2,824 km1,755 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways2,845 km1,768 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet2,846 km1,768 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet2,847 km1,769 miEXTExeter International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,857 km1,775 miCWLCardiff International AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways2,885 km1,793 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com2,926 km1,818 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +12,929 km1,820 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle2,943 km1,829 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, easyJet2,961 km1,840 miNCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com, TUI Airways3,002 km1,865 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet3,147 km1,955 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus3,164 km1,966 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com3,197 km1,987 miBFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · Jet2.com3,225 km2,004 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana4,474 km2,780 miSeasonal charter23
PRNPriština Adem Jashari International AirportKosovo · Aegean Airlines880 km547 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Sky Express (Greece)1,030 km640 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Sky Express (Greece)1,132 km703 miSBZSibiu International AirportRomania · Sky Express (Greece)1,165 km724 miTSRTimișoara Traian Vuia International AirportRomania · Sky Express (Greece)1,208 km751 miTGMTârgu Mureş Transilvania International AirportRomania · Sky Express (Greece)1,239 km770 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Sky Express (Greece)1,279 km795 miOMROradea International AirportRomania · Sky Express (Greece)1,328 km825 miIASIaşi International AirportRomania · Sky Express (Greece)1,332 km828 miSCVSuceava Ștefan cel Mare International AirportRomania · Sky Express (Greece)1,376 km855 miDEBDebrecen International AirportHungary · Smartwings1,383 km859 miKSCKošice International AirportSlovakia · Sky Express (Greece)1,516 km942 miJCLČeské Budějovice South Bohemian AirportCzechia · Smartwings1,750 km1,087 miPEDPardubice AirportCzechia · Sky Express (Greece)1,802 km1,120 miFMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Aegean Airlines1,869 km1,161 miFDHBodensee Airport FriedrichshafenGermany · Aegean Airlines1,886 km1,172 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Enter Air1,901 km1,181 miKLVKarlovy Vary AirportCzechia · Smartwings1,927 km1,197 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · Avion Express2,145 km1,333 miFMOMünster Osnabrück AirportGermany · Aegean Airlines2,324 km1,444 miNRNWeeze (Niederrhein) AirportGermany · Sky Express (Greece)2,358 km1,465 miGOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Scandinavian Airlines2,661 km1,653 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Sky Express (Greece)3,051 km1,896 miMost destinationsAegean Airlines 27Sky Express (Greece) 23Corendon Airlines 17easyJet 15Jet2.com 13Volotea 11
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HER. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis"” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
7 channelsA/GKAZANTZAKIS RDO563.700
APPIRAKLION APP123.975
ATISATIS127.550
DIRIRAKLION DIRECTOR118.025
GNDKAZANTZAKIS GND121.700
TRSAIRAKLION RADAR123.975
TWRKAZANTZAKIS TWR120.850