AirportsSitia Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Crete Island, in Crete, Greece. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JSH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JSH
- ICAO code
- LGST
- City
- Crete Island
- State or region
- Crete
- Country
- Greece
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 35.2161° N, 26.1013° E
- Elevation
- 115 m (376 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,074 m (6,804 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JSH means Sitia Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LGST. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 35.2161° N, 26.1013° E. It stands 115 metres (376 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Irákleion, about 88 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Athens, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Sitia Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,074 metres (6,804 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 39 airports of Greece on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 23.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,074 m 6,804 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kasos AirportKasos Island | KSJ | 77 km |
| Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportHeraklion | HER | 85 km |
| Karpathos AirportKarpathos Island | AOK | 97 km |
| Santorini International AirportSantorini Island | JTR | 143 km |
| Astypalaia AirportAstypalaia Island | JTY | 154 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,819 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,910 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,008 km | 4 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,780 km | 3 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,271 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,485 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,823 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,572 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,051 km | 18 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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