![]() ![]() Seasonal: Belfast–International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool (begins ), London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Prague, Salzburg, Stuttgart Seasonal charter: Graz, Linz, Varna (begins 5 September 2023) Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Birmingham (begins 3 April 2024), Bordeaux, Bristol, Edinburgh, Geneva, Liverpool, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Nantes, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle ![]() Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels, Groningen, Maastricht/Aachen Seasonal: Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Erfurt/Weimar, Graz, Hannover, Linz, Nuremberg, Rostock, Vienna Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna, Zürich Seasonal: London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow Seasonal: Marseille, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle Seasonal charter: Brașov, Bremen, Friedrichshafen, Memmingen, Münster/Osnabrück, Yerevan Seasonal: Alexandroupoli, Belgrade, Bordeaux, Brest, Deauville, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Larnaca, Lille Lyon, Marseille, Munich, Nantes, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Toulouse, Vienna, Zürich The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Heraklion Airport: The latest extension began in October 2017 and was completed on 30 March 2018, in time for the airport's high season. The latest airport expansion projects began in October 2017. The airport is scheduled to cease operations in 2025 and to be replaced by the (expanded and renamed) Kasteli Airport. The new airport itself was officially inaugurated on May 5, 1972. On March 18, 1971, the first charter flight from abroad ( British Airways) operated at the airport. From 1957 onward, the new Olympic Airways used the airport, starting services with the DC-6 aircraft.įrom 1968 until 1971, the runway was extended to 2,680 meters and a new terminal and other facilities were constructed, essentially making it a new airport. ![]() In that year, the airport handled approximately 18,000 passengers. The next major event followed in 1954, when a four-engined DC-4 aircraft landed for the first time at the airport. The year 1953 saw the construction of a paved runway which was initially 1,850 meters long and oriented as 09/27. At that time, a total of 4,000 people were served. Hellenic Airlines started commercial flights in 1948. In 1947, the first (small) terminal was erected. Īt first, the airport only offered very basic service, with only primitive installations on the site in the form of three tents, smoke for wind determination, and storm lamps for runway lighting. Civilian operations ceased but in the autumn of 1946, traffic resumed, introducing the DC-3 aircraft. During the Second World War, the airfield was the site of the Battle of Heraklion during the Battle of Crete, in 1941. The first aeroplane (a Junkers Ju 52) carried the initial passengers to the site. At that time, this was merely a piece of flat agricultural land. Once completed, the new Kasteli International Airport will replace the current Heraklion International Airport as the hub for central Crete. Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is Crete's main and busiest airport, serving Heraklion (Ηράκλειο), Aghios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος), Malia (Mάλλια), Hersonissos (Χερσόνησος), Stalida (Σταλίδα), Elounda (Ελούντα) and other resorts.Ī 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 2026. The airport is named after Heraklion native Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek writer and philosopher. It is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the main city centre of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. 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. Sources: Runways Statistics: Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority ![]()
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