HER → HELHeraklion to Helsinki

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Direct flights from Heraklion (HER) to Helsinki (HEL): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 9 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 2,777 km, an estimated 4 hours 4 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Heraklion and Helsinki. Updated 30 October 2026 at 18:39 UTC.

HER Heraklion tracking
HEL Helsinki smooth · +0
2,777 km · ~4h 04m est.
dep bank 11:50–21:203x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
86 / 100

route health from live HER and HEL delay boards

Median arrival delay is −9 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−9 minacross the last 3 arrivals
Flight time~4h 04mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Finnair

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-30AY1872arrived−9
10-25AY1872arrived+2
10-25AY1882arrived−12

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
HERHeraklion tracking 🌤 scattered clouds · ENE 9 kt Full HER delay board →
HELHelsinki +0 min smooth ⛅ mostly cloudy · NNW 5 kt Full HEL delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at HEL: a 14% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +-2 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Heraklion to Helsinki route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop HER to HEL flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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HER to HEL questions

Is HER–HEL running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 86/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

Morning or evening flight on HER–HEL?

Operators schedule morning departures around 11:50 and evening departures around 21:20 from HER. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the HEL delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.

How long is the flight from HER to HEL?

Great-circle distance is 2,777 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 226–268 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does HER–HEL fly?

Finnair runs the route with about 3 flights a week (sun, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.