JSH

Sitia Airport

ICAO LGST35.2161°N 26.1013°E115 m / 376 ftMedium airport
On the map

Sitia Airport (IATA: JSH, ICAO: LGST) is a medium airport in Crete Island, Crete, Greece. It opened in 1984. It has one runway, 2,074 m (6,804 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority. In 2025 it handled 52 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1984–1984
1984
OpenedSitia Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
05/23051° / 231° · LIT
LENGTH2,074 m6,804 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
38K
28K
21K
33K
60K
47K
11K
17K
22K
47K
73K
52K
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Routes

6 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsOlympic Air 4Sky Express (Greece) 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from JSH. From the Wikipedia article “Sitia Public Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers52K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,071of 3,974 · #434 Europe · #29 GRLongest runway2,074 m6,804 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,677of 29,823 · #695 Europe · #30 GRElevation115 m376 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=29,541of 43,341 · =3,310 Europe · #18 GRAgeOpened 19842026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,725of 15,079 · =1,250 Europe · #26 GRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =6 GR
Scale: 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

2 channels
A/GRDO563.700
AFISINFO122.600