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

10 059 387

+6.7% vs a year earlier

Data through February 2026

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CHQ

Chania

Passengers, last 12 months

4 140 847

+4.8% vs a year earlier

Data through February 2026

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JSH

Sitia

Passengers, last 12 months

53 454

-26.2% vs a year earlier

Data through February 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.