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Name Location Use ICAO IATA Coordinates Heraklion International Airport: Heraklion: Civil/Military LGIR HER Chania International Airport: Chania: Civil/Military
Greek Airport Guide at Alexandroupolis Airport website (in Greek) Greek Airports at airliners.GR; Greek Airports "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010. "IATA Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. "UN Location Codes: Greece". UN/LOCODE 2012-1.
Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" (IATA: HER, ICAO: LGIR) is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport. It is located about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the main city centre of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. It is a shared ...
Complaints have been filed for lack of a new road linking the new airport to the south coast of Crete. The new airport will be constructed over an area of 600 ha (1,500 acres), adjacent to the current military airport in Kasteli. It will have a runway 3,800 m (12,500 ft) long to accommodate larger aircraft than can presently be operated into ...
The former airport is now the site of a major development for coastal Athens, which came under criticism because well-preserved historic buildings (from the 1930s) were demolished. In 2020, construction began on the Hellenikon Metropolitan Park , a complex consisting of luxury homes, hotels, a casino, the Inspire Athens tower, a marina, shops ...
The railway station is immediately adjacent to the airport terminal, accessible by an elevated walkway. Because of the additional cost of using the station, there is a surcharge for passengers entering or exiting the airport. As of 2023, the base fare to the airport is €9, with varying prices for round trips or groups. [5]
As of 2024, it is the 16th-busiest airport in Europe and the second busiest and second largest in the Balkans, after Istanbul Airport. The new Athens International Airport covers an expanse of 16,000 acres (25.0 sq mi; 64.7 km 2), making the facility among the largest in Europe and in the world in terms of land area. [4]
Chania International Airport "Daskalogiannis" (IATA: CHQ, ICAO: LGSA) is an international airport located near Souda Bay on the Akrotiri peninsula of the Greek island of Crete, serving the city of Chania, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away. It is a gateway to western Crete for an increasing number of tourists.