Heraklion International Airport, "Nikos Kazantzakis"
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| Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ηρακλείου "Νίκος Καζαντζάκης" |
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| IATA: HER - ICAO: LGIR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Heraklion | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 115 ft (35 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 09/27 | 8,990 | 2,740 | Asphalt |
| 13/31 | 5,164 | 1,574 | Asphalt |
| 18/36 (CLOSED) |
2,559 | 780 | Asphalt |
Heraklion International Airport, "Nikos Kazantzakis" (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ηρακλείου, "Νίκος Καζαντζάκης") or Nikos Kazantzakis 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. The airport is named after Herkalion native Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek writer and philosopher.
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[edit] Area
Nikos Kazantzakis Airport serves Heraklion (Ηρακλείου), Aghios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος), Malia and other resorts. It is Crete's main airport and serves its capital city.
[edit] Passenger Information
It is often requested by airlines that passengers do not take any photographs or video of the runway. This is due to an Hellenic Air Force base which operates at the airport.
[edit] Airlines
- Aegean Airlines (Athens, Thessaloniki)
- Air Berlin (Baden-Baden, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart)
- Arkefly
- Austrian Airlines (Salzburg, Vienna)
- British Airways
- operated by GB Airways (London, Manchester)
- Centavia (charter services)
- Condor Airlines (Berlin-Schoenefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart)
- Cyprus Airways (Larnaca)
- Eurocypria Airlines (Larnaca)
- First Choice Airways (Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham)
- Hapagfly (Baden-Baden, Basel-Mulhouse, Berlin-Schoenefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Bremen, Brussels, Cologne-Bonn, Dortmund, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich, Munster, Nuremberg, Paderborn, Rostock, Saarbrucken, Stuttgart, Zurich)
- Jat Airways (charter - only in summer season)
- LatCharter (charter - only in summer season)
- LTU International (Berlin-Schoenefeld, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
- Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
- Martinair
- Monarch Airlines
- Niki
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Olympic Airlines
- Smart Wings
- TNT Airways
- transavia.com
- Wizz Air (Budapest, Katowice)
[edit] External links
- Greek Airports: Heraklion International Airport, "N. Kazantzakis"
- Greek Airport Guide: Iraklio Airport, "N. Kazantzakis"
- Photos & Info about Heraklion airport
- World Aero Data airport information for LGIR
- Street map from Multimap
- Satellite image from TerraServer
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