Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" (HER/LGIR) is an airport in Greece serving Heraklion.
It handled 8,087,146 passengers in 2022, making it number 221 in our world ranking and number 2 of 39 ranked airports in Greece.
It has 2 runways, the longest 2,682 m, at an elevation of 39 m.
4 airlines use it as a hub, including Aegean Airlines, Sky Express and Alexandair.
Passengers per year
2007–20225.4M5.4M5.1M4.9M5.2M5.1M5.8M6M6.1M6.9M7.5M8.1M5M8.1M
2007’072008’082009’092010’102011’112012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182021’212022’22
Identification
- IATA
- HER
- ICAO
- LGIR
- Wikidata
- Q1142384
Location
- Country
- Greece
- City served
- Heraklion
- Located in
- Heraklion
- Coordinates
- 35.3397, 25.1803
- Elevation
- 39 m (128 ft)
Organisation
- Type
- international airport, airport
- Opened
- 1937-01-01
- Owner
- Greece
- Named after
- Heraklion, Nikos Kazantzakis
Runways
- 09/27
- 2,682 m · 8,799 ftrock asphalt
- 12/30
- 1,566 m · 5,138 ftrock asphalt
Hub for 4 airlines
A3Aegean AirlinesGQSky ExpressAXNAlexandairBZBluebird Airways