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HER — Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

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Large airport in Heraklion, Greece.
IATA code
HER
ICAO code
LGIR
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
10,020,427
2025 · +7.0% on the year before
Nonstop routes
75
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+2 / UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Elevation
35 m
115 ft
Runways
2
Longest 2,714 m

Jan–Mar 2026: 477,929 passengers, +13.3% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About HER

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is a large airport serving Heraklion, Greece. It opened in 1937. 10,020,427 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 75 nonstop routes from HER.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from HER

Route Distance Passengers / year
HER → ATH309 km 1,452,941
HER → DUS2,304 km 341,826
HER → LGW2,683 km 323,738
HER → SKG607 km 299,024
HER → MUC1,818 km 298,265
HER → FRA2,116 km 296,666
HER → AMS2,483 km 258,472
HER → TLV972 km 231,200
HER → MAN2,933 km 226,679
HER → ZRH1,928 km 215,653
HER → ORY2,389 km 213,659
HER → BRU2,397 km 209,614
HER → STR1,978 km 193,132
HER → BER2,105 km 182,593
HER → HAM2,353 km 163,758
HER → CDG2,392 km 157,656
HER → VIE1,587 km 157,309
HER → HAJ2,263 km 139,568
HER → NUE1,948 km 136,337
HER → CGN2,253 km 133,296
HER → PRG1,863 km 126,800
HER → BHX2,850 km 116,120
HER → WAW1,899 km 112,906
HER → KTW1,752 km 111,295
HER → NTE2,582 km 106,843
HER → STN2,702 km 106,697
HER → LYS2,047 km 103,970
HER → OTP1,028 km 84,460
HER → EIN2,388 km 84,416
HER → MXP1,797 km 82,864
HER → VNO2,144 km 82,253
HER → BRS2,849 km 75,832
HER → RMO1,324 km 75,195
HER → LEJ2,065 km 65,546
HER → GVA2,005 km 58,845
HER → WRO1,874 km 57,300
HER → BSL1,999 km 57,009
HER → EMA2,848 km 56,579
HER → MRS1,934 km 53,780
HER → LCA771 km 51,770

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
JSHSitia Airport85 km
CHQChania International Airport96 km
JTRSantorini International Airport121 km

Distance from HER to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
HER → LHR2,718 km —
HER → DXB3,097 km —
HER → CDG2,392 km 157,656
HER → FRA2,116 km 296,666
HER → IST728 km —
HER → AMS2,483 km 258,472
HER → JFK8,216 km —
HER → ATL9,437 km —
HER → LAX11,454 km —
HER → SIN8,911 km —
HER → HND9,646 km —
HER → DOH2,765 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
09/272,714 m 45 mAsphalt
12/301,566 m 50 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Heraklion, Crete, Greece · 35.3397, 25.1803

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport has the IATA code HER and the ICAO code LGIR. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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