Istanbul to Heraklion flight
Flights from Istanbul to Heraklion start at £58.75.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Istanbul to Heraklion on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Istanbul to Heraklion starts at £58.75, run by 3 operators over 1,163 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 6h 26mDoor to door
- 2h 24mMoving
- £87.31From
- 12:10 to 12:10First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 185.5 kgCO2
6h 26m
2h 24m
£87.31
12:10 to 12:10
1
185.5 kg12Go sells the ticket itself, so you pay there rather than being handed on again.
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What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £168.95Thu8
- about £147.21Fri9
- about £119.91Sat10
- about £131.03Sun11
- about £114.87Mon12
- about £113.35Tue13
- about £71.90Wed14
- about £114.87Thu15
- about £103.24Fri16
- about £106.27Sat17
- about £95.66Sun18
- about £88.57Mon19
- about £89.59Tue20
- about £75.44Wed21
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Airlines
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
 Aegean Airlines | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
| ANEK Lines | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
 Turkish Airlines | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
The flight gets you into Heraklion. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Heraklion for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Istanbul to Heraklion
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £58.2590 days
- £71.9060 days
- £78.9845 days
- £58.7530 days
- £74.4221 days
- £75.4414 days
- £71.907 days
- £119.913 days
- £168.951 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £58.25.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 190 percent. The dearest point is £168.95, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- £95.66Sun
- £88.57Mon
- £89.59Tue
- £74.42Wed
- £114.87Thu
- £103.24Fri
- £106.27Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Istanbul
Air- IST
- SAW
Irákleion
- HER
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,163 km against 714 km in a straight line, a detour of 44 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Athens, Thessaloníki. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Questions about Istanbul to Heraklion
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion take?
The Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion covers 1,163 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does the Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion cost?
The Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion starts at £58.75 for one passenger, as of 7 October 2026. A typical fare is £68.86. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion?
3 operators run the Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion: Aegean Airlines, ANEK Lines, Turkish Airlines. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion use?
The Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion leaves from İstanbul Airport IST and arrives at Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport HER. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion?
Fares for the Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £58.25. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 190 percent, measured on 7 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion produce?
The Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion produces about 185.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1163 km, which works out at roughly 160 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion?
Operators on the Flight from Istanbul to Heraklion publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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Related journeys
The fare from HER into Heraklion is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Heraklion
Settled in advance, so the ride into Heraklion costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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