Airports / Greece / JSH
Sitia Airport
LGST / JSHCrete Island, GreeceELEV 376 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
38 nm
To the nearest alternate
(*)Kasteli Hellenic Air Force Base (GR-0109) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Sitia Airport (LGST / JSH) is a mid-sized airport serving Crete Island, Greece. The field lies at an elevation of 376 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
JSH 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, 38 nm), Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER, 46 nm), and Karpathos Airport (AOK, 53 nm).
Quotes for flights out of JSH vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from JSH, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
LGST
IATA
JSH
FAA / Local
LGST
Elevation
376 ft
Coordinates
35.2161° N · 26.1013° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Greece fields
state range 6–2,059 ft
At 376 ft, JSH sits higher than 72% 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.
- 38nmGR-0109(*)Kasteli Hellenic Air Force BaseKasteli
- 46nmHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportHeraklion
- 53nmAOKKarpathos AirportKarpathos Island
- 77nmJTRSantorini International AirportSantorini Island
- 97nmCHQChania International AirportSouda
- 106nmKGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Kos Island
Location
Open the full mapLGST · Sitia Airport · Crete Island, Greece