Airports / Greece / HER
Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport
LGIR / HERHeraklion, GreeceELEV 115 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
11 nm
To the nearest alternate
(*)Kasteli Hellenic Air Force Base (GR-0109) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (LGIR / HER) is a large commercial airport serving Heraklion, Greece. The field lies at an elevation of 115 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
HER has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include (*)Kasteli Hellenic Air Force Base (GR-0109, 11 nm), Sitia Airport (JSH, 46 nm), and Chania International Airport (CHQ, 52 nm).
Quotes for flights out of HER vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Crete Island. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from HER, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
LGIR
IATA
HER
FAA / Local
LGIR
Elevation
115 ft
Coordinates
35.3397° N · 25.1803° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Greece fields
state range 6–2,059 ft
At 115 ft, HER sits higher than 59% of the 29 Greece fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 11nmGR-0109(*)Kasteli Hellenic Air Force BaseKasteli
- 46nmJSHSitia AirportCrete Island
- 52nmCHQChania International AirportSouda
- 65nmJTRSantorini International AirportSantorini Island
- 96nmAOKKarpathos AirportKarpathos Island
- 126nmJMKMykonos Island National AirportMykonos
Location
Open the full mapLGIR · Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Heraklion, Greece