A private transfer from Chania Airport to Ammoudara covers 139.0 km (86.4 mi) in about 2 hr 17 min and costs a fixed fare from €170 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Ammoudara - Heraklion at the same fixed fare.
Fares are per vehicle, not per person, and cover the whole car, so a family of four pays once. The price you see is the price confirmed on your voucher; it does not change with traffic, time of day, or a delayed flight.
| Vehicle | Typical models | Passengers | Bags | Fare | |
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Standard | Skoda Octavia, VW ID.3 | up to 3 | 3 | €170 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €184 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €195 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €215 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €350 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Ammoudara - Heraklion back to Chania Airport costs the same as the arrival leg. Child and booster seats are added at booking, at no extra charge.
The line is the road a driver actually takes from Chania Airport (CHQ) to Ammoudara - Heraklion: 139.0 km (86.4 mi), about 2 hr 17 min door to door. Pickup and drop-off are marked at the coordinates the booking engine quotes against, not at the centre of the nearest town.
Your driver meets you inside the arrivals hall at Chania Airport, holding a sign with your name and the company name on it. Your transfer starts there rather than at a taxi rank, so there is no queue and no fare to agree on the spot.
Chania International Airport (CHQ) sits on the Akrotiri peninsula, on high ground east of the city. Chania International Airport handled 1,574,043 international arrivals in 2025, which makes it the island's second gateway after Heraklion and the natural entry point for western Crete.
The airport's position matters for what happens next. The road down from Akrotiri joins the national road just east of Chania, so Rethymno, Georgioupolis and the whole north coast run east without entering the city, while Platanias, Kissamos and the west coast run through or around it.
Chania Airport is a single-terminal airport, so the walk from baggage reclaim to the meeting point is short even when several flights land together.
Inside the arrivals hall, at the exit, where your driver waits with a name board.
Look for the board rather than heading for the taxi rank. If your flight arrives late at night, the driver is still there: the pickup is set against the flight, not the schedule.
Give us your flight number at booking. Your pickup is scheduled against that flight, and we track it, so a delayed landing moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
Tell us as early as you can when a flight is cancelled or rerouted, so the driver can be reassigned.
Ammoudara is the beach suburb immediately west of Heraklion, 6.0 kilometres from the city centre along one continuous sand beach. Ammoudara is where most of Heraklion's own beach hotels stand, close enough to the capital for the city to be a short drive rather than an outing.
The area runs along a single coast road with the sand on one side and hotels, apartments and tavernas on the other.
Its position suits people who want a beach base but expect to spend time in Heraklion itself, at Knossos, or at the museum in the city centre.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa along the coast road or in the streets behind it.
Crete has two places called Ammoudara, this one west of Heraklion and another on the edge of Agios Nikolaos. Give the hotel name at booking so the right one goes on the voucher.
The drive crosses the island east, 139.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 17 min, and stops at the beach suburb on the western edge of Heraklion.
Ammoudara is the closest point to the Cretan capital that this airport sells a transfer to. The engine quotes no run from Chania Airport into Heraklion Town itself, so for anyone landing in the west and heading for the capital's coast, this is the arrival.
The car comes down off Akrotiri onto the national road east of Chania, leaving the city alone. Aptera and Souda Bay come first, then the Apokoronas slope, then Georgioupolis.
Rethymno passes at 70.3 kilometres, close to the midpoint, and Panormos and Bali carry the headlands after it. Fodele arrives at 121.0 kilometres, then the cliffs above Agia Pelagia and Lygaria, and Ammoudara begins where they end.
Six kilometres of continuous sand run the length of the suburb, with the coast road along it and the hotels, apartments and tavernas on the landward side. Heraklion city centre is 6.0 kilometres east, which is a short drive rather than an outing, and Knossos and the Archaeological Museum are both close.
Petousis Hotel and Suites, Atlantica Akti Zeus, Apollonia and Amounda Bay stand along that road within a couple of kilometres of the centre.
One thing to settle at booking: Crete has two places called Ammoudara, this one and another on the edge of Agios Nikolaos, 72 kilometres further east. The hotel name on the voucher is what keeps the driver on the right one.
The KTEL intercity coach from Chania to Heraklion takes close to three hours and terminates at the city's central bus station.
Ammoudara then needs a second leg west, since the intercity service does not enter the suburb, and getting to Chania's bus station from the airport comes before any of it. Three vehicles against one.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Ammoudara - Heraklion. There is no central drop-off point and no walk with your luggage at the end. These are properties in the resort we transfer guests to regularly; if yours is not listed, it is still covered, so enter the name when you book.
Villas, apartments and private addresses in Ammoudara - Heraklion are served the same way. Add the address at booking and the fare stays as quoted.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 139.0 km (86.4 mi), about 2 hr 17 min, and the same fixed fare from €170 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Ammoudara - Heraklion at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Ammoudara back to Chania Airport covers the same 139.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Westbound the coast road out of the suburb is the first constraint, then the Rethymno bypass in the middle of the run, then the climb back up to Akrotiri at the end, where a delay is hardest to recover.
Book both directions together and the return is held at the same fare. Switch the form at the top of this page to Departure, or select a return when you book.
Allow about 2 hr 17 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline requires, and margins for the coast road, the Rethymno bypass and the Akrotiri climb.
Send the flight number at booking. On a cross-island run the pickup is calculated rather than estimated, and it appears on your voucher.
The fare covers the whole vehicle rather than each seat, so 4 people pay the same as 1. The price on your voucher is the price you pay, with no booking fee and no card surcharge.
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall holding a sign with your name on it. You walk out of baggage reclaim straight to the car, without joining a taxi rank or agreeing a fare on the spot.
Child seats cost nothing extra. Reserve the seat in the booking form and state the child's age, so the correct seat is fitted before the driver sets off.
Cancel at least 24 hours before your pickup time and you pay nothing. Plans change; the booking does not lock you in.
The vehicle carries your party and nobody else. It runs from the pickup point to your exact address, with no intermediate stops and no waiting for other passengers.
Your pickup is set against your flight number, not a clock time. Transfers run at any hour, which covers night landings and pre-dawn departures.
Every booking is confirmed by a person and carries a voucher showing your route, vehicle, pickup time and fare.
These are the questions guests ask most often about the Chania Airport to Ammoudara - Heraklion transfer, answered with this route's own distance, duration and fares.
Anything not covered here is answered when we confirm the booking.
A private transfer from Chania Airport to Ammoudara costs a fixed €170 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €215.
Not on this booking. The engine sells no Chania Airport to Heraklion Town transfer, and Ammoudara at 6.0 kilometres from the centre is the nearest point it does sell.
The one west of Heraklion. The other sits beside Agios Nikolaos, 72 kilometres further east, so give the hotel name when you book.
Far closer. Ammoudara is 10.4 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 139.0 from Chania, a difference of about two hours each way.
The beach hotels along the coast road, among them Petousis Hotel & Suites, Atlantica Akti Zeus, Apollonia and Amounda Bay.
Per vehicle. The fare covers the car and everyone in it, up to that vehicle's passenger and luggage limit. Two people and four people pay the same €170 for a Standard car to Ammoudara - Heraklion.
Yes, at no extra charge. Reserve the seat in the booking form and state the child's age so the correct infant, child or booster seat is fitted before the driver sets off.
Give us your flight number when you book. We track the flight and move the pickup to match the actual landing time, so a delay does not cost you the transfer.
Inside the arrivals hall, at the exit, where the driver waits with a board showing your name. You do not need to find a taxi rank or a car park level.
Yes. Cancel at least 24 hours before your pickup time and there is no charge.
Pay by card online when you book, or in euros in cash to the driver. There is no card surcharge and no booking fee either way.
You receive a confirmation email with your route, vehicle, pickup time and fare on it. Check the details and tell us if anything is wrong. An automated receipt on its own is not the confirmation. The emailed voucher is.
Yes. Chania Airport to Ammoudara - Heraklion and Ammoudara - Heraklion to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €170, and both directions are booked from this page. Select a return when you book and the price is held for both legs.
Those routes are priced the same way as this one: a fixed fare per vehicle, confirmed before you travel. The same applies to every Crete transfers we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.