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Heraklion International Airport

Coordinates: 35°20′09″N 25°10′25″E / 35.33583°N 25.17361°E / 35.33583; 25.17361
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Heraklion International Airport
"Nikos Kazantzakis"

Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ηρακλείου
"Νίκος Καζαντζάκης"
File:HERair.jpg
View of Heraklion Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGreek Government
ServesHeraklion
LocationHeraklion
Elevation AMSL128 ft / 39 m
Coordinates35°20′09″N 25°10′25″E / 35.33583°N 25.17361°E / 35.33583; 25.17361
Websitewww.hcaa-eleng.gr/irak.htm
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,680 8,793 Asphalt
13/31 1,574 5,164 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Passengers5,438,369
Aircraft Movements46,012
Sources: Runways[1] Statistics[2]

Heraklion International Airport, "Nikos Kazantzakis" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ηρακλείου, "Νίκος Καζαντζάκης") or Nikos Kazantzàkis International Airport (IATA: HER, ICAO: LGIR) is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece. It is located about 5km from the main city of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. The airport is named after Heraklion native Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek writer and philosopher. It is the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport.

File:Heraklion-Airport 1939.jpg
Celebrations for the opening of the airport in 1939

History

The airport was opened in March 1939 and was served by the state owned line HEES with Ju-52 airplanes.

Area

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.

There exists a plan to build a new airport at Kastelli Pediados.

Passenger Information

It is often requested by airlines that passengers do not take any photographs or video of the runway. This is because of a Hellenic Air Force base which operates at the airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean AirlinesAthens, Milan-Malpensa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Thessaloniki
Air BerlinBasel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Münster/Osnabrück, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Zürich [all seasonal]
Air Italy PolskaWarsaw [seasonal]
Air FinlandHelsinki [seasonal]
Air MaltaMalta [seasonal]
Air MéditerranéeBordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Athens AirwaysAthens
Arkia Israel AirlinesTel Aviv [seasonal]
ArkeflyAmsterdam [seasonal]
Austrian Airlines operated by Lauda AirVienna [seasonal]
British MidlandLondon-Heathrow
CondorBerlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Stuttgart [all seasonal]
CorsairflyParis [seasonal]
Cyprus AirwaysLarnaca, Rhodes
Czech AirlinesPrague [seasonal], Dublin [seasonal] [3]
EasyJetBerlin-Schönefeld [seasonal], London-Gatwick [seasonal], Manchester [seasonal], Rome-Fiumicino [seasonal]
Edelweiss AirGeneva, Zürich [seasonal]
Estonian AirTallinn [seasonal]
Eurocypria AirlinesBelfast-International [begins 18 June], Bristol [begins 23 July], Bournemouth, Glasgow [begins 11 June], Humberside, Katowice [begins 30 May], Larnaca [begins 31 May], London-Gatwick [begins 31 July], London-Stansted [begins 6 August], Lyon, Milan-Malpensa, Nantes, Newcastle upon Tyne [begins 1 June], Norwich [begins 28 May], Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Poznan [begins 30 May], Warsaw [all seasonal]
GermaniaBerlin-Tegel, Hamburg, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart [seasonal]
GermanwingsBerlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Hanover, Stuttgart [seasonal]
Hamburg InternationalFriedrichshafen, Luxembourg, Saarbrucken, Weeze
IberworldBrussels [seasonal]
Jat AirwaysBelgrade, Niš [seasonal]
Jet2.comEast Midlands [begins 25 May], Leeds/Bradford, Manchester [seasonal]
JetairflyBrussels
KavminvodyaviaMineralnye Vody [seasonal]
Lauda AirVienna [seasonal]
Monarch AirlinesBirmingham, Dublin, London-Gatwick, Manchester [seasonal]
NikiGraz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna [all seasonal]
Norwegian Air ShuttleCopenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen [seasonal]
NovairStockholm-Arlanda [seasonal]
Olympic AirAthens, Rhodes, Thessaloniki
RossiyaSt Petersburg [seasonal]
Sky ExpressPatra-Araxos, Ikaria [seasonal], Kos, Mykonos, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini [seasonal], Tirana [seasonal]
Smart WingsPrague [seasonal]
SmartLynx AirlinesRiga [seasonal]
Star1 AirlinesVilnius [seasonal]
S7 AirlinesMoscow-Domodedovo [seasonal]
TAROMBucharest-Henri Coandă [seasonal]
Thomas Cook AirlinesBelfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne [seasonal]
Thomson AirwaysBirmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Exeter [begins 2 July], Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne [all seasonal]
Transaero AirlinesMoscow-Vnukovo [seasonal]
Transavia.comAmsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen, Maastricht, Rotterdam [seasonal]
Transavia.com FranceLyon, Nantes, Paris-Orly [seasonal]
TUIflyBasel/Mulhouse, Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken [all seasonal]
Ural AirlinesYekaterinburg [seasonal]
Viking AirlinesBerlin-Schoenefeld, Bremen, Bristol, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Laage, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Rome-Fiumicino, Tel Aviv, Zurich [all seasonal]
Viking HellasBaku, Krakow, Rzeszow, Wroclaw [all seasonal]
Vueling AirlinesBarcelona [charter]
Wizz AirBudapest, Katowice [seasonal]
XL Airways GermanyBasel, Bremen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Weeze [seasonal]

References

  1. ^ "Air data". Hellenic Civilian Aviation Authority. www.hcaa-eleng.gr. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  2. ^ "Statistical data of Iraklion airport "N. Kazantzakis" for the period 1990-2007". Hellenic Civilian Aviation Authority. www.hcaa.gr. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  3. ^ http://www.falconholidays.ie/


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