Heraklion to Ostend

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Heraklion to Ostend. From €210.18, fastest 6h 48m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Heraklion to Ostend costs €210.18 at the cheapest and takes 6h 48m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 2,577 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
2,577 km
Fastest
6h 48m
Average
7h 4m
Services per day
6
Cheapest
€210.18
CO2 per passenger
633.9 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight6h 50m3h 40m3h 10m€257.97633.9 kg6
  • 6h 50mFastest, by Flight
  • €257.97Cheapest, by Flight
  • 633.9 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 2,577 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€210.18
  1. Aegean Airlines AA610007:303h 41m11:11Irákleion HERBrussels CRL
  2. Nmbs/sncb N784312:0157m12:58Bruxelles MidiOostende railway station

Changes at Brussels, with 50 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 25mCO2 611.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€280.98
  1. TUI fly Belgium TU314506:543h 40m10:34Irákleion HEROstend OST

Door to door 6h 50mCO2 633.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Checking the live timetables.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Heraklion to Ostend
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Heraklion to OstendSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Flight€455.03€381.28€369.48€357.09€447.95€374.79€377.74€325.23€260.33€257.97€316.38€341.75€344.11€306.94

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €210.18

The trip ends at Oostende railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Ostend for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Oostende railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Heraklion to Ostend

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €252.0790 days
  2. €177.7360 days
  3. €165.9345 days
  4. €181.8630 days
  5. €263.8721 days
  6. €306.9414 days
  7. €377.747 days
  8. €369.483 days
  9. €455.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €165.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €455.03, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€455.03€165.931371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €325.23Sun
  2. €260.33Mon
  3. €257.97Tue
  4. €316.38Wed
  5. €341.75Thu
  6. €344.11Fri
  7. €306.94Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €369.48Sep
  2. €244.99Oct
  3. €233.78Nov
  4. €221.39Dec
  5. €220.21Jan
  6. €176.55Feb

The route

IrákleionIrákleionOstendOstend
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,577 km against 2,502 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Brussels, Liège, Rome, Kos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Heraklion at 06:54 and the last at 14:41, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Irákleion

Bus
  • Police Department
  • CENTRAL BUS STATION
Air
  • HER
Ferry
  • Worldchampion Jet & Champions League Jet 1
  • Ηράκλειο

Ostend

Rail
  • Oostende railway station
  • Oostende-Stad railway station
  • Moere railway station
Bus
  • Oostende
Air
  • OST
Ferry
  • Oosteroever
  • Westeroever

OST is not in Ostend, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from OST into Ostend?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Ostend costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
TUI fly Belgium€231.426h 48m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • TUI fly Belgium
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€170.5081%
Taxes€30.6915%
Supplier fees€7.003%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€210.18100%

Ostend is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Oostende railway station

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Heraklion to Ostend

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Heraklion to Ostend?

The fastest journey from Heraklion to Ostend takes 6h 48m door to door, of which 3h 40m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 4m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Heraklion to Ostend?

The cheapest fare from Heraklion to Ostend is €210.18, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €353.85. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Heraklion to Ostend?

The cheapest way from Heraklion to Ostend is by flight, at €257.97 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 6h 50m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Heraklion to Ostend?

Fares from Heraklion to Ostend bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €165.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 174 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Heraklion to Ostend?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Heraklion to Ostend, at €257.97. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Heraklion to Ostend?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Heraklion to Ostend, at €176.55 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Heraklion to Ostend?

1 operators sell services from Heraklion to Ostend across 1 mode: TUI fly Belgium. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Heraklion to Ostend?

33 percent of the services we sell from Heraklion to Ostend are direct. The rest connect at Brussels, Liège, Rome, Kos, with about 50 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Heraklion to Ostend use?

Services from Heraklion to Ostend by flight leave from Irákleion HER and arrive at Ostend OST. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Heraklion to Ostend?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Heraklion to Ostend allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Heraklion to Ostend on September 12, 2026: 2577 km of route against 2502 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €210.18, and 6h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Ostend a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ostend and across Belgium

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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