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Heraklion Intl. | Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

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Approximate Flight Duration

2 hour 10 min

Approximate Travel Distance

1749 Km

Transportation to Airport from Innsbruck City Center

Innsbruck Airport

It’s easy to get to Innsbruck Airport using the popular public transport options such as trains and buses from Innsbruck city centre. The only thing you need to do is go to the train station, or find the bus lines that take you directly to the airport. If you don’t have a lot of time, or if you need to get to the plane quickly, then you may chose to take a taxi, or take advantage of the a more comfortable option of car rental. It takes a maximum of 15 minutes to reach Innsbruck Airport from Innsbruck town centre.

Train

You can reach the Innsbruck Airport easily by taking on of the fast inner city trains operated by Austrian Railways (ÖBB). These trains, which are both practical and economic, leave from Innsbruck Mitterweg/Unterführung next to the city centre, and go directly to the airport passing through Innsbruck Westbahnhof’tan (Egger-Lienz-Sraße). The cost for a one-way ticket is 4-7 euro as of 2017. It might be useful to contact Austrian Railways to reserve seats before the day of your flight or get more information about the services that leave every 30 minutes. You can travel comfortably with the train, and the total time to the airport should be 10 minutes.

Bus

The buses are just as popular as trains for inner city transport in Innsbruck, and can also take you to the airport from the city centre. The bus line F leaves every 10 minutes from Triumphpforte’den (Leopoldstraße) and takes you to Innsbruck Airport in 13-20 minutes. The F line bus costs 4 euro per one-way ticket, and some of the stops it goes through is Uni-Sportstätten, Steinbockweg, Fischerhäuslweg, Angergasse, Exlgasse ve Bachlechnerstraße.

Taxi

Taxis are usually not preferred for journeys that are more than a few minutes long in Innsbruck as the inner city transport is quite well developed and connected. And because Innsbruck Airport is 4km from the city, taxis sometimes ask for a higher price, especially from tourists. For this reason, if you do want to take a taxi, we recommend that you use the airport taxis that apply a night and day fixed rate. If you do want to use a private taxi company then you can take note of a few of these: Innsbruk Taxi (+436506368830), Dolphin Taxi (+43512580909), Airport Transfer & Taxi Alpstria (+436507111294) and Taxi 5311 (+4351253110). It costs around 15-18 euro to get from Innsbruck city centre to Innsbruck Airport by private taxi.

Car Rental

Innsbruck is a city that offers a lot in terms of rental services. The biggest advantage of this is that you can choose the most suitable local or international rental agency that is suited to your budget. The car rental companies that have agencies in both Innsbruck Airport and Innsbruck city centre include, Avis and Budget (+435125717540), Europcar Österreich (+4318661660), Hertz (+43512580901), Megadrive (+43501054150) and Sixt (+435122929390). You can take Fürstenweg and B171 routes to get to Innsbruck Airport from Innsbruck and arrive in 5-6 minutes. 

Airport Information

Innsbruck Airport, that’s also known as Kranebitten Airport, is the biggest airport in the Tyrol region of Austria. Innsbruck Airport that opened for flights in 1925 is located in Innsbruck, one of the most touristic cities of Austria. According to the 2015 statistics Innsbruck served over one million passengers in one year. It’s located 4km from Innsbruck. There are direct flight from Vienna, the capital of Austria, and some of the other airlines that offer flights to Innsrbuck Airport are British Airways, Czech Airlines, Eurowings, easyJet, Finnair, Thomson Airways and more. You can shop at the Duty Free & Travel Value Shop at Innsbruck Airport, buy things you might need from MPREIS supermarket, or have something to eat or drink at Ruetz Bakery, Caffe Testa Rossa and Fly Inn Bistro.

Transportation to Heraklion City Center from Airport

Heraklion Intl. | Nikos Kazantzakis Airport

Although Heraklion is the largest residential area in Crete, especially the old city district is proper for walking. You can explore the whole city with a comfortable shoe, but you should always consider the weather. On the other hand, it is possible to explore the city by participating in the tours of many tourism agencies. Public transportation in the city is provided by buses. You can get to the whole city by buses, which will take you from the main bus stops A, B, and C.

Of course, there are many ferry and boat services in Heraklion, the biggest port city of Crete island. From there you can travel to many ports such as Santorini, Ios, Mykonos or Rhodes. Daily ferry service to Piraeus Port is also organized. It is possible to reach Athens from this port. You can rent a car in the city. Motorcycles and scooters, as well as cars, are quite common. It provides not only an ideal way of transportation to visit the city in warm weather but also an easy access to the other settlements of Crete Island such as Ayios Nikolaos and Chania. You can reach these cities by following the E75 highway. Traffic in the city can be really busy from time to time. Usually, there is an irregular traffic flow and road works are done. You can see the taxi almost everywhere in the city. However, it is not allowed to stop a taxi on the road, you need to use the taxi stops. You can see the taxi stops in front of the port, the bus station, and the airport. It is possible to use it not only for short trips but also as a private tour vehicle as well.

Taxis do not have a standard price policy, so if you can agree on the fare you can travel the whole city by having breaks at the important places of the city. All signs in Crete Island are written in English, using Latin alphabet as well as Greek alphabet, so you will not have trouble during transportation. The most used transportation vehicle from Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport to the city center is taxi. Buses are available for those who prefer to use public transportation. If you rent a car at the airport, you can easily reach the surrounding cities, not just the city center.

Bus

You can use the buses to the city center from bus stops at the airport terminal exit. The services are quite frequent, buses depart every 5 minutes. The services are rare only on Sundays. Buses start to pick up passengers early in the morning and continue its services until late in the evening.

Taxi

You can easily see the taxi stop when you leave the airport arrival terminal. Getting to the city center by taxi is easy and fast. If you wish, you can reserve a taxi for you by contacting the airport taxi station in advance.

Rent a car

Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport has 9 different vehicle rental companies that you can rent cars or motorbikes. You can make your vehicle rental operations online before your flight. You must remember that you must have international competence in order to be able to drive in Crete. The airport is located right on the E75 highway.

Weather in Heraklion

DayMin - Max
FridayMin 11ºC - Max 14ºC
SaturdayMin 9ºC - Max 11ºC
SundayMin 10ºC - Max 11ºC
MondayMin 10ºC - Max 13ºC
TuesdayMin 6ºC - Max 15ºC

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