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Chania International Airport
LGSA / CHQSouda, GreeceELEV 490 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
52 nm
To the nearest alternate
Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER).
Overview
Chania International Airport, listed as LGSA / CHQ, is a large commercial airport in Souda, Greece. The airport sits 490 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into CHQ for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER, 52 nm), (*)Kasteli Hellenic Air Force Base (GR-0109, 61 nm), and Santorini International Airport (JTR, 83 nm).
Charter pricing from CHQ depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Souda.
Field capability
ICAO
LGSA
IATA
CHQ
FAA / Local
LGSA
Elevation
490 ft
Coordinates
35.5312° N · 24.1507° 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 490 ft, CHQ sits higher than 83% 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.
- 52nmHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportHeraklion
- 61nmGR-0109(*)Kasteli Hellenic Air Force BaseKasteli
- 83nmJTRSantorini International AirportSantorini Island
- 97nmJSHSitia AirportCrete Island
- 128nmJMKMykonos Island National AirportMykonos
- 138nmKLXKalamata AirportKalamata
Location
Open the full mapLGSA · Chania International Airport · Souda, Greece