Crete Airport

Advantages: better than we expected, clean arrival facilities, wasnt too crowded on arrival, nice location, useful staff, shops, airconditioning
Disadvantages: departure lounge, toilets in departures, lack of seating during busy times

...and in the capital of Crete (Heraklion). As we landed I was surprised that the airport was actually of a reasonable size, there was nothing fancy about the outside of the building but at least it didn't look dilapidated!! As we got off the plane via a set of steps we were immediately guided into a bus, which fortunately wasn't too crowded as there were other passengers waiting for the next one. After just a minute on the bus we were walking into ...
...Athens and then get a boat to Crete but that is a much longer journey. Crete is such a lovely place that it is worth putting up with the airport, so although I don't "recommend the airport" as such, I do recommend that you use it and go to Crete! ... Read review

Advantages: Rapid transit
Disadvantages: Finding your rep

I have just returned from my last proper holiday this year. A wonderful week in sunny Crete. Our arrival at Heraklion airport was in the very early hours of the morning, never a particularly good time to arrive anywhere. Tired uncomfortable and glad to get off the aeroplane the best one can hope for is a rapid transit from the plane and a quick baggage collection. Upon arrival we didn't have to wait long to disembark from the plane before we had ...
...The baggage collection hall was quite small, but as there were only passengers from two flights waiting for their luggage this was not a problem. We only waited about 10 minutes before our luggage arrived, all in good condition unfortunately we had no strong men to help us to lift our huge cases from the carousel and as we are no longer young and nubile there were no offers of help forthcoming either. We of course needed to use the toilets which ... Read review

Advantages: Airconditioned, free trolleys
Disadvantages: Small, busy & hectic

The airport in Crete is situated on the north coast in a place called Heraklion. ARRIVING The runway is right next to the sea but this did not affect the landing which was very smooth. Once landed we had to wait about 20 minutes for the bus to take us to the terminal. Going through passport control was very straightforward, however waiting for your luggage was not so quick. There are 2 conveyabelts for the luggage to come through and a small ...
...a better state. I didn't see any areas to be able to go outside and watch the planes. Our flight was delayed by 30 minutes but it seemed forever. Unfortunately, it was a unpleasent start and end to a lovely holiday in Crete but worth the while! ... Read review

Advantages: Small airport with very friendly helpful staff
Disadvantages: A terrible Airport to land at by night

Crete airport has to be one of the worst airports i have ever flown into, My job was cabin crew for a small Eurpoean airline which flew into crete several times a week. When landing by night the flight deck (PILOT) always told us that it would be a hard scary landing as the runway is very badly lit by night. Not only this but the runway has sea at the end of it and the plane has to touch down virtually as soon as it passes over the sea. Once at ...
...with a small arrivals and a small departure lounge. The airport has duty free a small refreshment area and several small shops inside. The down side is that the airport has very few seats for passengers and the air conditioning is very rarely working. Along with this the aircraft handling crew are very slow and work to a pace of their own usually amounting in a delay of one sort or another. The reps in the airport too are very reluctant to communicate ... Read review

Advantages: GOOD IF YOU ARE ON A DIET
Disadvantages: NO GOOD IF YOU'RE NOT

COMING BACK FROM A BRILLIANT HOLIDAY IT WAS MARRED BY THE AIRORT IN CRETE. AS IT WAS WE WERE DELAYED FOR 2 HOURS, WHICH IS NEVER A GOOD THING. WE HAD TO SIT ON THE FLOOR AS THERE WERE NO SEATS LEFT WHICH PUT US IN A BAD MOOD. WE WEREN'T DELAYED LONG ENOUGH FOR A FREE MEAL WHICH WAS PROBABLY JUST AS WELL AS THE ONLY FOOD THERE, WAS HAM SANDWICHES WHICH QUICKLY RAN OUT AND SOME CRISPS WHICH WERE VERY EXPENSIVE. EVERYONE WAS MOANING AND I FELT SORRY ... Read review