HERLGIR

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

Heraklion · Greece · Europe/Athens

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3Runways
8,904Longest (ft)
115Elevation (ft)
53Route Records
26Airline Records
UTC+2Timezone
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Route Intelligence

30Regional Hub
Shortest route
RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"287.4 km
Aegean Airlines
Longest route
GLAGlasgow Airport3,197.3 km
Jet2.com
Nearest international
LCALarnaca International Airport769.7 km
Cyprus Airways
Longest international
GLAGlasgow Airport3,197.3 km
Jet2.com
Longest domestic
SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport607.6 km
Aegean Airlines

Airport Connectivity Score

30/100

Regional Hub

Destinations served53 destinations
Airline diversity26 airlines
Haul mix coverage2 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

09/278,904 ftAsphaltLIT
12/305,138 ftAsphalt
18/362,559 ftAsphaltCLOSED

Haul Mix

short-haul
5
medium-haul
48

Geographic Context

Nearest airport
JSHSitia Airport84.7 km
Nearest same country
JSHSitia Airport84.7 km
Nearest international
BJVMilas Bodrum International Airport307.6 km
Farthest airport
TUBTubuai Airport18,588.8 km
Within 500 km: 25 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 105 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 409 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1JSHSitia Airport84.7 kmM
2CHQChania International Airport95.7 kmL
3JTRSantorini International Airport120.9 kmL
4AOKKarpathos Airport178.4 kmM
5JMKMykonos Island National Airport233.5 kmM
6KGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"235.9 kmL
7RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"287.4 kmL
8SMISamos Airport303.7 kmM
9BJVMilas Bodrum International Airport307.6 kmL
10ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport309.1 kmL

ATC Frequencies7

A/GKAZANTZAKIS RDO563.7 MHz
APPIRAKLION APP123.975 MHz
ATISATIS127.55 MHz
DIRIRAKLION DIRECTOR118.025 MHz
GNDKAZANTZAKIS GND121.7 MHz
TRSAIRAKLION RADAR123.975 MHz
TWRKAZANTZAKIS TWR120.85 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

320
47
73H
21
321
12
319
10
738
9
32S
5
DH4
3
75W
3
757
2
752
1

Sample Routes

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RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"287.4 km
short-haulAegean Airlines
ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport309.1 km
short-haulAegean Airlines
SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport607.6 km
short-haulAegean Airlines
CGNCologne Bonn Airport2,251.4 km
medium-haulGermanwings
HAJHannover Airport2,262.2 km
medium-haulGermanwings
DUSDüsseldorf Airport2,302.8 km
medium-haulGermanwings
NCLNewcastle International Airport3,002.2 km
medium-haulJet2.com
EDIEdinburgh Airport3,147.2 km
medium-hauleasyJet

Airline Records in Dataset26

A3Aegean Airlines
SUAeroflot Russian Airlines
ABAir Berlin
OSAustrian Airlines
SNBrussels Airlines
DECondor Flugdienst
CYCyprus Airways
OKCzech Airlines
MSEgyptair
STGermania
4UGermanwings
LSJet2.com
LHLufthansa Cargo
LGLuxair
W2Maastricht Airlines
ZBMonarch Airlines
HGNiki
OAOlympic Airlines
S7S7 Airlines
LXSwiss International Air Lines
X3TUIfly
UNTransaero Airlines
TOTransavia France
HVTransavia Holland
PSUkraine International Airlines
U2easyJet

Data Notes & Community Corrections

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External Links

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Data: OurAirports