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 | ||
| Owner | Greek Government | ||
| Serves | Heraklion | ||
| Location | Heraklion | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 128 ft / 39 m | ||
| Coordinates | 35°20′09″N 25°10′25″E / 35.33583°N 25.17361°ECoordinates: 35°20′09″N 25°10′25″E / 35.33583°N 25.17361°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 09/27 | 2,680 | 8,793 | Asphalt |
| 13/31 | 1,574 | 5,164 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Passengers | 5,438,369 | ||
| Aircraft Movements | 46,012 | ||
| Sources: Runways[1] Statistics[2] | |||
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 Heraklion native Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek writer and philosopher. It is the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport.
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[edit] 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 and other resorts. According to a recent survey, it ranks 69th among all European airports in terms of annual traffic.[3]
[edit] 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.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Aegean Airlines (Athens, Larnaca, Thessaloniki)
- Air Berlin (Berlin-Tegel, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Münster/Osnabrück, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart, Zürich) [all seasonal]
- Air Italy Polska (Warsaw) [seasonal]
- Air Finland (Helsinki) [seasonal]
- Air Malta (Malta) [seasonal]
- Athens Airways (Athens)
- Arkia Israel Airlines (Tel Aviv) [seasonal]
- Arkefly (Amsterdam) [seasonal]
- Austrian Airlines (Linz, Salzburg, Vienna) [seasonal]
- Condor Airlines (Berlin-Schönefeld, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart) [seasonal]
- Corsairfly (Paris) [seasonal]
- Cyprus Airways (Larnaca)
- Czech Airlines (Prague) [seasonal]
- EasyJet (Berlin-Schönefeld, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
- Edelweiss Air (Geneva, Zurich) [seasonal]
- Estonian Air (Tallinn) [seasonal]
- Eurocypria Airlines (Bournemouth, Cork, Dublin, Glasgow, Humberside, Krakow, Larnaca, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Newcastle, Norwich, Poznan, Warsaw) [seasonal]
- Germanwings (Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart) [seasonal]
- Hamburg International (Friedrichshafen, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Luxembourg, Saarbrücken, Weeze) [seasonal]
- Hello [seasonal]
- Iberworld (Brussels) [seasonal]
- Jat Airways (Belgrade, Niš) [seasonal]
- Jet2.com (Leeds/Bradford, Manchester) [seasonal]
- Jetairfly (Brussels)
- Kavminvodyavia (Mineralnye Vody) [seasonal]
- Lauda Air (Vienna) [seasonal]
- Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest, Debrecen) [seasonal]
- Martinair (Amsterdam) [seasonal]
- Monarch Airlines (Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, London-Gatwick, Manchester) [seasonal]
- Montenegro Airlines [seasonal]
- Niki (Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna) [seasonal]
- Norwegian Air Shuttle (Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen) [seasonal]
- Novair (Stockholm-Arlanda) [seasonal]
- Olympic Airlines (Athens, Thessaloniki, Rhodes, Sitia)
- Rossiya (St Petersburg) [seasonal]
- Smart Wings (Prague) [seasonal]
- SmartLynx Airlines (Riga) [seasonal]
- Sky Express (Greece) (Athens [coming soon], Bucharest-Otopeni, Chios, Kalamata, Kos, Mitilini, Mykonos, Patras-Araxos, Rhodes, Santorini, Samos, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Volos [starts summer 2009])
- Sun d'Or International Airlines (Tel Aviv) [seasonal]
- S7 Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo) [seasonal]
- TAROM (Bucharest-Otopeni) [seasonal]
- Thomas Cook Airlines (Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle) [seasonal]
- Thomson Airways (Birmingham, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle) [seasonal]
- Transaero Airlines (Moscow-Vnukovo) [seasonal]
- Transavia.com (Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Maastricht, Paris-Orly) [seasonal]
- TUIfly (Basel-Mulhouse, Berlin-Tegel, Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Leipzig/Halle, Memmingen, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken, Zürich) [seasonal]
- Ural Airlines (Yekaterinburg) [seasonal]
- Viking Airlines (Dublin, Newcastle, Birmingham) [seasonal]
- Wizz Air (Budapest, Katowice) [seasonal]
[edit] References
- ^ "Air data". Hellenic Civilian Aviation Authority. www.hcaa-eleng.gr. http://www.hcaa-eleng.gr/herakdat.htm. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
- ^ "Statistical data of Iraklion airport "N. Kazantzakis" for the period 1990-2007". Hellenic Civilian Aviation Authority. www.hcaa.gr. http://www.hcaa.gr/up/files/ST_KAH_08_ENG.xls. Retrieved on 2008-12-06.
- ^ "Top 100 busiest airports in Europe". www.airliners.net. http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4156800/. Retrieved on 2008-10-04.
[edit] External links
- Greek Airports: Heraklion International Airport, "N. Kazantzakis"
- Greek Airport Guide: Iraklio Airport, "N. Kazantzakis"
- Photos & Info about Heraklion airport
- Airport information for LGIR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- LGIR current wind
