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Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" (IATA: HER, ICAO: LGIR) is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport. It is located about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the main city centre of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. It is a shared ...
A new airport for Heraklion, located 39 kilometres (24 mi) to the south-east of the city at Kasteli, is under construction and due to open by 2027. Once completed, the new Kasteli International Airport will replace the current Heraklion International Airport as the hub for central Crete, but also providing international links for all of Crete.
Name Location Use ICAO IATA Coordinates Heraklion International Airport: Heraklion: Civil/Military LGIR HER Chania International Airport: Chania: Civil/Military
[14] [15] Strain on its facilities, along with the airport's proximity 5 km (3.1 mi) east of central Heraklion restricts expansion options of the existing airport. In 2016, the Greek government officially tendered the construction of a relocated Heraklion airport adjacent to Kastelli Air Force Base to address the capacity and expansion issues. [16]
Rank Airport Total passengers Annual change Rank change; 1: Athens: 8,026,940: 68.6%: 2: Heraklion: 2,398,264: 69.8%: 3: Thessaloniki: 2,302,616: 66.6%: 4: Rhodes ...
The airport is the third-largest airport in the country after Athens International Airport and Heraklion International Airport. It opened in 1930 and was the second-busiest airport in Greece in terms of flights served and the third-busiest in terms of passengers served in 2016, with over 6 million passengers.
Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" (IATA: CHQ, ICAO: LGSA) is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the Akrotiri peninsula of the Greek island of Crete, serving the city of Chania, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away. It is a gateway to western Crete for an increasing number of tourists.
Larnaca International Airport – Glafcos Clerides [a] (IATA: LCA, ICAO: LCLK) is an international airport located 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of Larnaca, Cyprus. [2] Larnaca International Airport is Cyprus' main international airport and the larger of the two commercial airports in the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, the other being Paphos International Airport on the island's ...