Flights to Heraklion (HER)

Last updated: Nov 12, 2026

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is an airport serving Heraklion, Greece.

Right now there are 119 airports in 31 countries connected to Heraklion, 13 of them domestic, with 65 airlines flying scheduled passenger traffic.

Heraklion's longest nonstop connection is Reykjavik (KEF), 2,799 miles, offered by Smartwings.

Airlines serving Heraklion

Aegean Airlines28 destinations
XR25 destinations
easyJet16 destinations
Jet2.com14 destinations
Hahn Air Systems13 destinations
Sky Express13 destinations
Volotea13 destinations
Smartwings12 destinations
Thomson Airways11 destinations
Condor10 destinations

X19 destinations
Eurowings7 destinations
Ryanair7 destinations
Neos6 destinations
SilkAir6 destinations
Transavia Airlines6 destinations
TUIfly5 destinations
Transavia France4 destinations
W44 destinations
Wizz Air4 destinations

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Popular routes to Heraklion

The places connected to Heraklion on the most scheduled services, busiest first.

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Popular routes with a stopover

Aside from the non-stop routes above, reaching Heraklion from these popular places requires a connection:

Tenerife Island (TFN)Spain

Information on Points & Miles

Distance matters when booking with points and miles: several loyalty programs price award flights in distance bands. Each list below adds the non-stop routes to Heraklion not already shown in a shorter great-circle distance band.

Which places within 500 miles can reach Heraklion non-stop?

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Which places within 1,000 miles can reach Heraklion non-stop?

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Which places within 2,000 miles can reach Heraklion non-stop?

Verona (VRN)1,021 mi
Linz (LNZ)1,053 mi
Krakow (KRK)1,054 mi
Salzburg (SZG)1,063 mi
Bergamo (BGY)1,079 mi
Milan (LIN)1,086 mi
Innsbruck (INN)1,089 mi
Katowice (KTW)1,089 mi

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Which places within 3,000 miles can reach Heraklion non-stop?

Flights to Heraklion (HER) by country

Heraklion has nonstop connections with 20 airports in Germany: Cologne (CGN), Nuremberg (NUE), Hannover (HAJ), Dusseldorf (DUS), Frankfurt-am-Main (FRA), Leipzig (LEJ), Munich (MUC), Berlin (BER), Stuttgart (STR), Hamburg (HAM), Munster (FMO), Bremen (BRE), Dresden (DRS), Weeze (NRN), Saarbrucken (SCN), Memmingen (FMM), Paderborn (PAD), Erfurt (ERF), Friedrichshafen (FDH), and Rostock (RLG). These routes are served by Aegean Airlines (Star Alliance), Air Canada (Star Alliance), AtlasGlobal, Condor, Discover Airlines (Star Alliance), easyJet, Eurowings (Star Alliance), Lufthansa (Star Alliance), Norwegian Air UK, SilkAir, SR, TAP Portugal (Star Alliance), Transavia Airlines, TUIfly, WorldTicket, X1, and XR.
Germany20 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 18 airports in United Kingdom: London (LGW), Manchester (MAN), Birmingham (BHX), London (STN), Edinburgh (EDI), Bristol (BRS), Liverpool (LPL), London (LTN), Nottingham (EMA), Leeds (LBA), London (LHR), Newcastle (NCL), Bournemouth (BOH), Glasgow (GLA), Cardiff (CWL), Exeter (EXT), Belfast (BFS), and Norwich (NWI). These routes are served by British Airways (Oneworld), easyJet, Jet2.com, Thomson Airways, and XR.
United Kingdom18 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 13 airports in France: Paris (CDG), Paris (ORY), Lyon (LYS), Nantes (NTE), Marseille (MRS), Bale/Mulhouse (BSL), Bordeaux/Merignac (BOD), Lille/Lesquin (LIL), Brest/Guipavas (BES), Strasbourg (SXB), Deauville (DOL), Perpignan/Rivesaltes (PGF), and Toulouse/Blagnac (TLS). These routes are served by Aegean Airlines (Star Alliance), Air France (SkyTeam), Delta Air Lines (SkyTeam), easyJet, Hahn Air Systems, Sky Express, Smartwings, Transavia France, Volotea, and XR.
France13 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 10 airports in Italy: Milan (MXP), Bologna (BLQ), Rome (FCO), Napoli (NAP), Catania (CTA), Bergamo (BGY), Milan (LIN), Bari (BRI), Verona (VRN), and Palermo (PMO). These routes are served by Aegean Airlines (Star Alliance), Alitalia (Star Alliance), easyJet, Etihad Airways, Neos, Ryanair, Smartwings, Volotea, and W4.
Italy10 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 5 airports in Austria: Vienna (VIE), Salzburg (SZG), Linz (LNZ), Graz (GRZ), and Innsbruck (INN). These routes are served by Aegean Airlines (Star Alliance), Austrian Airlines (Star Alliance), Eurowings (Star Alliance), Ryanair, Smartwings, X1, and XR.
Austria5 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 5 airports in Netherlands: Amsterdam (AMS), Eindhoven (EIN), Rotterdam (RTM), Groningen (GRQ), and Maastricht (MST). These routes are served by Corendon Dutch Airlines, KLM (SkyTeam), Sky Express, Transavia Airlines, TUI Airlines Netherlands, and XR.
Netherlands5 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 4 airports in Poland: Warsaw (WAW), Katowice (KTW), Krakow (KRK), and Gdansk (GDN). These routes are served by LOT Polish Airlines (Star Alliance), Wizz Air, and XR.
Poland4 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 3 airports in Belgium: Brussels (BRU), Brussels (CRL), and Ostend (OST). These routes are served by Brussels Airlines (Star Alliance), Hahn Air Systems, Ryanair, Sky Express, Transavia Airlines, and TUIfly Belgium.
Belgium3 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 3 airports in Switzerland: Zurich (ZRH), Geneva (GVA), and Bale/Mulhouse (MLH). These routes are served by Aegean Airlines (Star Alliance), Comlux Aruba, Condor, easyJet, Edelweiss Air (Star Alliance), Hahn Air Systems, Lufthansa (Star Alliance), Smartwings, Swiss International Air Lines (Star Alliance), and XR.
Switzerland3 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 2 airports in Egypt: Alexandria (ALY) and Alexandria (HBE). These routes are served by Smartwings.
Egypt2 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 2 airports in Romania: Bucharest (OTP) and Cluj-Napoca (CLJ). These routes are served by W4.
Romania2 destinations
Heraklion has nonstop connections with 2 airports in Spain: Barcelona (BCN) and Lanzarote Island (ACE). These routes are served by Iberia (Oneworld), Smartwings, and Vueling.
Spain2 destinations

Heraklion has a nonstop connection with Tirana (TIA) in Albania, served by Aegean Airlines (Star Alliance) and Sky Express.
Albania1 destination
Heraklion has a nonstop connection with Larnarca (LCA) in Cyprus, served by Aegean Airlines (Star Alliance), Charlie Airlines, Hahn Air Systems, and Sky Express.
Cyprus1 destination
Heraklion has a nonstop connection with Prague (PRG) in Czechia, served by Smartwings.
Czechia1 destination
Heraklion has a nonstop connection with Copenhagen (CPH) in Denmark, served by Norwegian Air International and Scandinavian Airlines (SkyTeam).
Denmark1 destination
Heraklion has a nonstop connection with Tallinn (TLL) in Estonia, served by airBaltic.
Estonia1 destination
Heraklion has a nonstop connection with Helsinki (HEL) in Finland, served by Alaska Airlines (Oneworld) and Finnair (Oneworld).
Finland1 destination
Heraklion has a nonstop connection with Budapest (BUD) in Hungary, served by Wizz Air.
Hungary1 destination
Heraklion has a nonstop connection with Reykjavik (KEF) in Iceland, served by Smartwings.
Iceland1 destination

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Seasonal and upcoming routes to Heraklion

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Dusseldorf (DUS)Starts Nov 13, 2026
Hannover (HAJ)Starts Nov 13, 2026
Berlin (BER)Starts Nov 14, 2026
Cologne (CGN)Starts Nov 14, 2026
Nantes (NTE)Starts Nov 14, 2026
Vienna (VIE)Starts Nov 14, 2026
Stuttgart (STR)Starts Nov 15, 2026
Prague (PRG)Dec 12, 2026 – Feb 25, 2027

Bale/Mulhouse (MLH)Dec 18, 2026 – Dec 29, 2026
Alexandria (ALY)Dec 23, 2026 – Dec 23, 2026
Alexandria (HBE)Dec 23, 2026 – Dec 23, 2026
Perpignan/Rivesaltes (PGF)Dec 23, 2026 – Dec 23, 2026
Graz (GRZ)Starts Dec 24, 2026
Lanzarote Island (ACE)Jan 3, 2027 – Jan 3, 2027
Marrakech (RAK)Jan 3, 2027 – Jan 3, 2027
Catania (CTA)Starts Mar 3, 2027
Munster (FMO)Starts Mar 20, 2027
Hamburg (HAM)Starts Mar 26, 2027
Brussels (BRU)Starts Mar 27, 2027
Leipzig (LEJ)Starts Mar 27, 2027

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The other 28 routes are scheduled across the whole window the feed publishes.

Airline alliances to Heraklion

Star Alliance34 destinations
SkyTeam5 destinations
Oneworld4 destinations

Award programs that reach Heraklion

How many of these places each program's airlines fly to Heraklion from. Reach, not award availability — that is a live fare question this schedule feed cannot answer.

Aeroplan34 destinations
All Nippon Airways34 destinations
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands34 destinations
LifeMiles34 destinations
Lufthansa Miles & More34 destinations
Singapore KrisFlyer34 destinations
TAP Miles&Go34 destinations
Turkish Miles&Smiles34 destinations
United MileagePlus34 destinations
Club Premier5 destinations

Delta SkyMiles5 destinations
Flying Blue5 destinations
SAS EuroBonus5 destinations
Virgin Atlantic5 destinations
Alaska Atmos Rewards4 destinations
American Airlines4 destinations
British Airways4 destinations
Cathay Pacific4 destinations
Finnair Plus4 destinations
Iberia Plus4 destinations

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Intercontinental flights to Heraklion

Non-stop flights to Heraklion from Africa

Smartwings links Heraklion nonstop with Alexandria (ALY), Alexandria (HBE), and Marrakech (RAK).

Non-stop flights to Heraklion from Asia

Aegean Airlines (Star Alliance) links Heraklion nonstop with Tel Aviv (TLV).

Bluebird Airways links Heraklion nonstop with Tel Aviv (TLV).

El Al links Heraklion nonstop with Tel Aviv (TLV).

Hahn Air Systems links Heraklion nonstop with Tel Aviv (TLV).

Israir Airlines links Heraklion nonstop with Tel Aviv (TLV).

XR links Heraklion nonstop with Tel Aviv (TLV).

Domestic flights to Heraklion

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Alternative airports near Heraklion

Crete Island (JSH)53 mi / 85 km
Souda (CHQ)60 mi / 97 km
Santorini Island (JTR)75 mi / 121 km
Kasos Island (KSJ)98 mi / 158 km
Milos Island (MLO)102 mi / 164 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the official name of airport HER?

The airport's official name is Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport. On Roame and most flight schedules, you will find it under the code HER.

What is the airport code for Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport?

The IATA airport code for Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is HER. Enter HER in Flightmap whenever you want to use this exact airport.

Where is Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (HER)?

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport serves Heraklion, Greece. Flightmap uses the airport's exact coordinates, so nearby airports and route distances stay tied to HER, not just the broader city.

How can I explore flights to Heraklion (HER)?

Open the map with Anywhere as your starting point and HER as the destination. Each result keeps the route pointed toward Heraklion, and you can narrow it by airline, alliance, aircraft, mileage program, and nonstop service.

Does Flightmap show direct and connecting flights to Heraklion?

Yes. Flightmap separates nonstop routes from destinations that need a connection, and the Nonstop only control lets you focus on direct service to HER.

Can I look for award flights to Heraklion (HER)?

Yes. When Roame has observed award availability for a route to HER, signed-in members can see the lowest points price by cabin and the related carrier fees, then continue to the full award search.