Düsseldorf (DUS) – Heraklion (HER)
- Distance
- 2,304 km
- 1,432 mi · 1,244 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 30 min
- Estimate from distance
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 290 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (171 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 341,826
- 2024 · +5.4%
- Flights / week
- 38
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 90%
- 379,109 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- —
- Not named in this source
Traffic: Eurostat (avia_par_de), reported by the airport in Germany, 2024. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DUS
- 133°
- Heading from HER
- 326°
- Halfway point
- 43.69, 17.20
- Great-circle km
- 2,303 km (sphere, for EU261)
- Clocks
- Heraklion is 1 h ahead of Düsseldorf
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 2,303 km.
DUS Düsseldorf → HER Heraklion
EU261€400 for arriving 3 hours or more late.
Covers any airline.
HER Heraklion → DUS Düsseldorf
EU261€400 for arriving 3 hours or more late.
Covers any airline.
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.