# Chania International Airport (CHQ / LGSA)

**Chania International Airport** (IATA: CHQ, ICAO: LGSA) is a large airport in Souda, Crete, Greece. It has one runway, 3,347 m (10,982 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Fraport. In 2025 it handled 4.1 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgsa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CHQ / LGSA
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Fraport
- Serves: Souda, Crete, Greece
- Elevation: 149 m / 490 ft
- Coordinates: 35.5312, 24.1507
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,347 m / 10,982 ft
- Passengers: 4,148,103 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Athens
- Website: https://www.chq-airport.gr/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chania_International_Airport (35 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1232348
- Weather station: LGSA · WMO 16746
- Ident: LGSA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,347 m / 10,982 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 111° / 291° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 2,462,512 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 2,717,411 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 2,966,556 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 3,036,781 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 2,899,196 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,865,236 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 712,288 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 1,806,306 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 3,308,903 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 3,645,943 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 3,949,584 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 4,148,103 | Eurostat |

## Routes

68 destinations in 24 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 268 km / 167 mi · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines
- [SKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgts.md) Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport · Greece · 564 km / 350 mi · Sky Express (Greece), Aegean Airlines

### Seasonal (66)

- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 268 km / 167 mi · Ryanair
- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 367 km / 228 mi · Aegean Airlines
- [SKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgts.md) Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport · Greece · 564 km / 350 mi · Ryanair
- [PFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lcph.md) Paphos International Airport · Cyprus · 763 km / 474 mi · Ryanair
- [SOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbsf.md) Sofia Airport · Bulgaria · 799 km / 496 mi · Ryanair
- [MLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lmml.md) Malta International Airport · Malta · 873 km / 542 mi · Ryanair
- [OTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrop.md) Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · Romania · 1,019 km / 633 mi · Ryanair, Animawings
- [NAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirn.md) Naples International Airport · Italy · 1,046 km / 650 mi · Ryanair
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 1,066 km / 662 mi · Bluebird Airways
- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 1,083 km / 673 mi · Wizz Air, Air Serbia
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 1,245 km / 774 mi · Ryanair, Wizz Air
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 1,384 km / 860 mi · Ryanair
- [GRZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lowg.md) Graz Airport · Austria · 1,465 km / 910 mi · Eurowings
- [BLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipe.md) Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · Italy · 1,480 km / 920 mi · Ryanair
- [PSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirp.md) Pisa International Airport · Italy · 1,484 km / 922 mi · Ryanair
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 1,531 km / 951 mi · Ryanair, Austrian Airlines
- [KRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkk.md) Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Poland · 1,656 km / 1,029 mi · Ryanair
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 1,656 km / 1,029 mi · Ryanair
- [NCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfmn.md) Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · France · 1,704 km / 1,059 mi · easyJet
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 1,714 km / 1,065 mi · easyJet, Neos
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 1,750 km / 1,087 mi · Discover Airlines
- [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 1,797 km / 1,117 mi · Ryanair
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 1,806 km / 1,122 mi · Smartwings
- [WRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwr.md) Copernicus Wrocław Airport · Poland · 1,827 km / 1,135 mi · Ryanair
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 1,842 km / 1,145 mi · Ryanair
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 1,850 km / 1,150 mi · Edelweiss Air
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 1,867 km / 1,160 mi · Wizz Air
- [WMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epmo.md) Warsaw Modlin Airport · Poland · 1,902 km / 1,182 mi · Ryanair
- [STR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edds.md) Stuttgart Airport · Germany · 1,905 km / 1,184 mi · Eurowings
- [BSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfsb.md) EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · France · 1,920 km / 1,193 mi · easyJet
- [GVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgg.md) Geneva International Airport · Switzerland · 1,920 km / 1,193 mi · easyJet
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 1,960 km / 1,218 mi · easyJet, Transavia
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 1,965 km / 1,221 mi · Ryanair
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 2,045 km / 1,271 mi · Discover Airlines, Condor Flugdienst
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 2,051 km / 1,274 mi · easyJet
- [HHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfh.md) Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · Germany · 2,105 km / 1,308 mi · Ryanair
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 2,137 km / 1,328 mi · Luxair
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 2,141 km / 1,330 mi · Ryanair
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 2,234 km / 1,388 mi · Eurowings
- [FMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddg.md) Münster Osnabrück Airport · Germany · 2,258 km / 1,403 mi · Condor Flugdienst
- [NRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlv.md) Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport · Germany · 2,289 km / 1,422 mi · Ryanair
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 2,293 km / 1,425 mi · Ryanair
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 2,294 km / 1,425 mi · Eurowings, Condor Flugdienst
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 2,306 km / 1,433 mi · Transavia
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 2,322 km / 1,443 mi · Brussels Airlines, TUI fly Belgium
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 2,399 km / 1,491 mi · Scandinavian Airlines
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 2,411 km / 1,498 mi · easyJet, Transavia
- [OST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebos.md) Ostend-Bruges International Airport · Belgium · 2,431 km / 1,511 mi · TUI fly Belgium
- [NTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrs.md) Nantes Atlantique Airport · France · 2,492 km / 1,548 mi · easyJet
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 2,603 km / 1,617 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet, British Airways
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 2,623 km / 1,630 mi · Jet2.com, Ryanair
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 2,638 km / 1,639 mi · British Airways
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 2,657 km / 1,651 mi · easyJet, Wizz Air
- [BOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eghh.md) Bournemouth Airport · United Kingdom · 2,681 km / 1,666 mi · Ryanair
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 2,719 km / 1,690 mi · Ryanair, Scandinavian Airlines
- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 2,757 km / 1,713 mi · Finnair
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 2,767 km / 1,719 mi · Jet2.com, easyJet
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · United Kingdom · 2,770 km / 1,721 mi · Jet2.com, Ryanair
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 2,771 km / 1,722 mi · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair
- [LBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnm.md) Leeds Bradford Airport · United Kingdom · 2,854 km / 1,773 mi · Jet2.com, Ryanair
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 2,855 km / 1,774 mi · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet
- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 2,898 km / 1,801 mi · Scandinavian Airlines
- [NCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnt.md) Newcastle International Airport · United Kingdom · 2,932 km / 1,822 mi · Jet2.com, Ryanair
- [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 3,077 km / 1,912 mi · Jet2.com
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 3,087 km / 1,918 mi · Ryanair
- [GLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpf.md) Glasgow Airport · United Kingdom · 3,126 km / 1,942 mi · easyJet

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [DEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhdc.md) Debrecen International Airport · Hungary · 1,346 km / 836 mi · Smartwings
- [BRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lktb.md) Brno-Tuřany Airport · Czechia · 1,632 km / 1,014 mi · Sky Express (Greece)
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 1,965 km / 1,221 mi · Smartwings

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CHQ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (24)

- FR [Ryanair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryanair) · 32 · seasonal
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 13 · seasonal
- LS [Jet2.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet2-com) · 8 · seasonal
- EW [Eurowings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eurowings) · 4 · seasonal
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 4 · seasonal
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 3
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 3 · seasonal
- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 3 · seasonal
- GQ [Sky Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-express) · 3
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 3 · seasonal
- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 3 · seasonal
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 2 · seasonal
- 4Y [Discover Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/discover-airlines) · 2 · seasonal
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 2 · seasonal
- TB [TUI fly Belgium](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-belgium) · 2 · seasonal
- JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1 · seasonal
- AWG [Animawings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/animawings) · 1 · seasonal
- OS [Austrian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/austrian-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- BZ [Bluebird Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bluebird-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- SN [Brussels Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brussels-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- AY [Finnair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/finnair) · 1 · seasonal
- LG [Luxair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/luxair) · 1 · seasonal
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4.1M (2025) | #375 of 3,974 | #105 in Europe | #6 in GR |
| Longest runway | 3,347 m / 10,982 ft | #691 of 29,858 | #91 in Europe | #5 in GR |
| Elevation | 149 m / 490 ft | =27,290 of 43,403 | =2,790 in Europe | #14 in GR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =6 in GR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | CHANIA RDO | 563.700 |
| APP | APP | 118.125 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| MISC | RANGER BASE | 25.240 |
| OPS | BASE OPS | 35.940 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 35.940 |
| POST | BULL PEN | 27.895 |
| TWR | TWR | 121.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [GR-0011](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gr-0011.md) Maleme Air Base · 29 km / 18 mi
- [LG54](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lg54.md) Tympaki Air Base · 76 km / 47 mi
- [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · 96 km / 59 mi
- [LGTL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gr-0109.md) (\*)Kasteli Hellenic Air Force Base · 113 km / 70 mi
- [KIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkc.md) Kithira Airport · 131 km / 82 mi
- [MLO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgml.md) Milos Airport · 133 km / 83 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Chania International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chania_International_Airport&oldid=1376290165), revision of 23 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgsa/data