{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport","iataCode":"HER","icaoCode":"LGIR","city":"Heraklion","country":"GR","airportType":"large_airport","cargoCapable":true,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":35.339699,"longitude":25.1803},"elevationMeters":35,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"An airport with a successor already under construction: Heraklion «Nikos Kazantzakis» Airport (IATA: HER, ICAO: LGIR) is expected to hand over to the new airport at Kastelli, some 40 kilometres to the south-east, around 2028. Until then, Crete's main gateway remains Greece's second-busiest airport, with around 10 million passengers in 2025, almost entirely leisure traffic from across Europe; Fraport Greece has operated the site since 2017. Named after the Cretan writer Nikos Kazantzakis, author ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/heraklion-international-nikos-kazantzakis-airport-her","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/heraklion-international-nikos-kazantzakis-airport-her","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · (IATA: HER) · Heraklion, GR · 35 m · Cargo Hub"}