Greece

Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

LGIR HER Heraklion

Live conditions Night

Wind

180° / 4 kt

Visibility

6+ SM / 9.7+ km

Temp / Dew

20°C / 68°F · dew 15°C / 59°F

Altimeter

1016 hPa / 30.0 inHg

RWY 12 currently favored — 2.4 kt headwind from 180° / 4 kt

Local now

20:18 UTC

Sunrise

03:04

Sunset

17:31

Raw METAR + TAF
METAR LGIR 061950Z 18004KT CAVOK 20/15 Q1016 NOSIG

TAF LGIR 061700Z 0618/0718 VRB05KT 9999 FEW025 BECMG 0707/0709 34010KT
Updated 0 minutes ago

Quick facts

ICAO / IATA
LGIR / HER
Type
Large airport
Location
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Coordinates
35.339699, 25.1803
Elevation
115 ft (35 m)
Mag variation
+3.14° E (per chart)
Runways
4 ends · longest 2,714 m / 8,904 ft

Runways

End TRUE MAG Length Width Surface ILS Glide Notes
09 095° 090° 2,714 m / 8,904 ft 45 m Asphalt displaced 477 m / 1565 ft
12 126° 121° 1,566 m / 5,138 ft 50 m Asphalt displaced 152 m / 499 ft
27 275° 270° 2,714 m / 8,904 ft 45 m Asphalt
30 306° 301° 1,566 m / 5,138 ft 50 m Asphalt

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Navaids

Ident Name Type Frequency
HER Iraklion NDB 431 kHz
RKL Iraklion TACAN 108.30 MHz
IRA Iraklion VOR-DME 108.80 MHz

Frequencies

Other

KAZANTZAKIS RDO
563.7

Approach

IRAKLION APP
123.975

ATIS

ATIS
127.55

Other

IRAKLION DIRECTOR
118.025

Ground

KAZANTZAKIS GND
121.7

Other

IRAKLION RADAR
123.975

Tower

KAZANTZAKIS TWR
120.85

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Data: OurAirports navdata v2026-06-06