Flights to Crete

Flights to Crete, Greece : Information about flights to the island of Crete

Information about Flights to Crete:
The island of Crete Island has two international airports.
The bigger and principal one is the one of Heraklion and the other one is at Chania. There is also a small domestic airport in Sitia.
Heraklion and Chania airports are proposing regular flights to Athens Greece (about 50 minutes from Heraklion and 40 minutes from Chania).

From the airport of Heraklion and Chania there are flights to Thessaloniki (about 1 hour and 15 minutes); the airport of Heraklion is also linked to Rhodes (all year long) and to Santorini, Mykonos and Paros in summertime.
From the small airport of Sitia proposes two flights a week to Athens (1 hour and 15 minutes) and one weekly to Karpathos (30 minutes).

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Daily and frequent charter flights are linking the airports of Heraklion and Chania to many European cities during high season; those flights are less frequent during winter.
Urban buses, Olympic Airways coaches and taxis are running to and from the airports, linking them to the main towns situated nearby.

Some hotels are also proposing the transfer to the airports by private bus or car.

Cars and motorbikes can be rented at the airports of Heraklion and Chania.