Heraklion · HER · the Cretan gateway · July 2026
Crete's gateway served 9.4 million passengers in 2024, nearly all of them in the April-to-October wave, three kilometres from the Venetian harbour, and Blindspot books its airside screens by the hour, matched to how HER's charter surges actually land.
Heraklion International Airport advertising spans from a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall LED and spectacular digital walls. On Blindspot, Heraklion International Airport screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.47, with no contracts or minimums.
The smart Heraklion International Airport play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the departures bank in the morning, the security and concourse dwell through the day, the arrivals halls when the long-haul flights land.
Billboard ranking points
Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.
The check-in hall churns through the charter waves at peak-season density, every departing holidaymaker's first dwell.
The security and passport queues run long and phone-down at the summer peaks, captive minutes under clear sightlines.
The gate halls seat entire charter loads at once, dense waves of boarding passengers from dawn to midnight all season.
Reclaim is the first impression of every Cretan holiday, arriving families waiting for bags with two weeks ahead of them.
The transfer coaches and taxi lanes move every arrival toward the north-coast resorts and the harbour city.
The duty-free walk and concession rows catch departing holidaymakers spending their last euros before the flight home.
The media estate · operator partners
Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Heraklion International Airport's media owners, Fraport Greece airport media, JCDecaux Airport among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.
Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.
Formats
From a single gate screen to a full arrivals-hall takeover, Blindspot puts Heraklion International Airport's digital out-of-home on one map, each screen priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter airside and landside:
Large-format digital across check-in islands and departures, where every traveler dwells before security.
Captive screens along the security and passport queues, minutes of guaranteed attention per passenger.
Concourse and gate-lounge screens reaching seated, relaxed travelers with long airside dwell.
High-dwell arrivals and baggage-claim placements as passengers wait, the airport's longest captive window.
Boarding-bridge and gate-side panels in the final moment before the flight.
Iconic hall and atrium spectaculars for brand-statement reach across the whole terminal.
Location insights
Heraklion is Greece's second-busiest airport and its most seasonal big gateway: 9.4 million passengers in 2024, the overwhelming share between April and October, when charter and low-cost waves from every corner of Europe land into the Cretan summer. Fraport Greece has run and upgraded the Nikos Kazantzakis terminal since 2017, the arrivals curb feeds the transfer coaches for the whole north-coast resort strip, and the new Kastelli airport being built inland is set to take over the traffic within a couple of years, making these the closing seasons of a legendary seafront runway. Buy the arrivals halls in season and own the first impression of every Cretan holiday.
Check-in and check-in fill in the early-morning and late-afternoon banks. Book those hours and your frequency against business travelers climbs for the same budget.
Gates and the gate holdrooms hold seated, relaxed travelers for 60–90 minutes, long windows where dwell, not rush, does the work.
Reclaim fills as long-haul flights land in banks, high-value international passengers with time to read. Swap creative to match who just arrived.
Location intelligence summary
Heraklion International Airport doesn't have a rush hour; it has flight banks. Departures peak in the morning, long-haul arrivals land in waves, and between them travelers dwell for 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. The buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the banks when your audience is captive, skip the dead hours.
| Objective | Book these zones | Best hours |
|---|---|---|
| Brand launch / premium | Check-in + Curb | All day · long-haul banks |
| Business travelers | Check-in, Gates | Weekday 6–10 AM · 4–8 PM |
| Long-dwell layovers | Gates, Reclaim | 10 AM–8 PM |
| International arrivals | Reclaim, Retail | Aligned to long-haul landing banks |
| Duty-free & retail | Check-in, Gates | Departures peaks |
A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Heraklion International Airport’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.
Security-line passengers read in seconds; gate-side travelers dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.
Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.
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Pricing · updated June 2026
Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.
| Format | Price per play | Typical presence | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check-in hall screens & LED | from ~$0.47 per play | $100 buys hourly check-in slots | every departing holidaymaker |
| Gate hall screens | from ~$0.47 per play | $100 buys hourly gate-hall slots | entire charter loads seated at once |
| Arrivals & reclaim | from ~$0.45 per play | $100 buys belt-side reclaim time | the first impression of every Cretan holiday |
| Transfer curb & coach lanes | from ~$0.45 per play | $100 buys repeat curb exposure | every transfer to the resort strip |
| Season-opening spectacular | custom | flagship arrivals takeover | own the start of the Cretan summer |
No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen
Four things move the price on any Heraklion International Airport (HER) screen: the format (pricing runs higher on season-opening spectacular than on check-in hall screens & LED), the zone (Check-in hall carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.
What a campaign costs
Because pricing is per play and hourly, there's no minimum, but here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.
Arrivals test
The reclaim halls across a Saturday charter-change day
Multi-zone airport push
Check-in, security, the gates and arrivals together in season
HER season flagship
Dominant share of voice across the July-August peak or the season's opening month
FAQ
No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, Fraport Greece airport media, JCDecaux Airport among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.
Heraklion International Airport handles roughly 9.4 million passengers a year, a captive, high-income, hard-to-reach audience that dwells 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. Few channels deliver that quality of attention.
Arrivals halls and baggage reclaim lead for dwell and recall; departures and security queues for guaranteed exposure to every passenger; concourse and gate holdrooms for long, relaxed attention.
Yes. On Blindspot every Heraklion International Airport screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum, so you can buy only the morning departures bank or the long-haul arrivals windows that match your audience.
The airport's media is run by operators such as Fraport Greece airport media, JCDecaux Airport; Blindspot aggregates the bookable digital inventory onto one map, priced per play.
Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Approval typically averages around two business days across networks.
A multi-day hourly presence across a high-dwell concourse or arrivals hall, or a concentrated burst on departures and security screens through the busiest morning banks.
How to book
No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.
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Open the map, filter Heraklion International Airport by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.
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Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.
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Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.
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