Heraklion Urban Buses + intercity KTEL
Heraklion Airport bus connections
The airport authority lists buses and taxis as ground transport. Check the urban and intercity operators separately for a journey that fits your date.
Step by step
How the journey works
Follow the legs in order, then use the official operator link for today’s timetable.
Board in
Heraklion Airport
Arrive at
Heraklion and onward
Start with the airport transport guidance
The airport authority lists buses and taxis as available ground-transport categories, without providing a complete route or timetable grid.
Check the urban operator
Use Heraklion Urban Buses for its current airport-area itineraries and ticket information. Contact hours shown on its site are not first- or last-bus times.
Research onward travel separately
For Chania, Rethymno or Agios Nikolaos, check the responsible intercity KTEL publication for the exact origin, destination and date before combining it with an airport leg.
Tickets
Check ticket options with the responsible operator; this guide does not verify airport fares, sales channels or payment methods.
Good to know
- Do not interpret office or contact hours as bus operating hours.
- Confirm the exact airport boarding point with the current operator guidance.
- Check every separately published leg before relying on an onward connection.
Corridor map
Map loads as it enters view.
Markers show approximate place centres, not exact bus platforms. Confirm the current departure location with the operator.
The Crete Bus app
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Optional ideas after the bus plan
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Where next
Keep building the island plan
Sources for this corridor
Official sources: Hellenic Civil Aviation AuthorityHeraklion Airport ground transportationHeraklion Urban BusesOfficial urban itineraries, tickets and telematicsMunicipality of HeraklionVisitor guidance: local transportationKTEL Heraklio–Lasithi S.A.Official routes, timetables and fares for east and south CreteKTEL Chania–Rethymno S.A.Official routes, timetables and fares for west Crete
. Full minute-by-minute timetables remain with the operators.