Heraklion International airport ” Nikos Kazantzakis” is the primary airport on the island of Crete and the country’s second busiest airport after Athen’s International Airport. It is located about 5 km east of the main city centre of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. It is a shared civil/military facility. The airport is named after Heraklion native Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek writer and philosopher.
