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.