Heraklion International Airport (HER)
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. It is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the main city centre of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. It is a shared civil/military facility. The airport is named after Heraklion native Nikos K... (read more on Wikipedia)
IATA-Code: HER, ICAO-Code: LGIR
Chain: hcaa
Most frequent domestic flights from/to this airport:
- 309 km Athens International Airport (ATH)
- 608 km Thessaloniki International Airport (SKG)
- 288 km Rhodes International Airport (RHO)
- 121 km Santorini Thira National Airport (JTR)
- 236 km Kos Island International Airport (KGS)
- 432 km Mytilene International Airport (MJT)
- 281 km Ikaria Island National Airport (JIK)
- 95 km Chania International Airport (CHQ)
- 179 km Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)
Most frequent international flights from/to this airport:
- 2,481 km Niederlande: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport / Luchthaven Schiphol (AMS)
- 971 km Israel: Ben Gurion Airport (TLV)
- 2,679 km Großbritannien / Vereinigtes Königreich (UK): Gatwick Airport (LGW)
- 2,929 km Großbritannien / Vereinigtes Königreich (UK): Manchester Airport (MAN)
- 2,395 km Belgien: Brussels Airport / Zaventem (BRU)
- 2,302 km Deutschland: Düsseldorf International Airport / Flughafen Düsseldorf (DUS)
- 1,817 km Deutschland: Munich Airport / Flughafen München (MUC)
- 1,588 km Österreich: Vienna International Airport / Flughafen Wien-Schwechat (VIE)
- 2,353 km Deutschland: Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt / Flughafen Hamburg (HAM)
- 2,434 km Russland: Domodedovo International Airport (DME)
Important airlines at this airport:
Air Nippon (EL, Star Alliance), SmartWings (QS), Thomas Cook Airlines (MT), TUIfly (X3, TUI Travel), Russian Sky Airlines (P7), Aegean Airlines (A3, Star Alliance), Olympic Air (OA, Star Alliance), Condor (DE), Sky Express (GQ), Air Berlin (AB, Oneworld)
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Hotels/Accommodations nearby
- Sofia Hotel Heraklion (1,140 m)
- Pasiphae Hotel (2,020 m)
- Villa Karteros (2,460 m)
- Gdm Megaron (2,740 m)
- Aquila Atlantis Hotel (2,740 m)
Other locations nearby
- Iraklio Center Parking (1,770 m)
- Iraklio Bowling Center (2,430 m)
- Museum of the Battle of Crete (2,710 m)
- Heraklion Archaeological Mu... (2,780 m)
- Koules Fortress (2,840 m)
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