Crete airports in numbers

Crete has three civil airports: Heraklion (HER), Chania (CHQ) and Sitia (JSH). This page tracks their official monthly passenger traffic, published by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA).

HER

Heraklion

Passengers, last 12 months

10,405,842

+5.3% vs a year earlier

Data through September 2026

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CHQ

Chania

Passengers, last 12 months

4,456,249

+9.2% vs a year earlier

Data through September 2026

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JSH

Sitia

Passengers, last 12 months

50,122

-11.6% vs a year earlier

Data through September 2026

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Kastelli: a new airport in 2028

A new international airport is under construction at Kastelli, south-east of Heraklion. It is scheduled to open in 2028 with a planned capacity of up to 18 million passengers a year, replacing the current Heraklion airport.