A private transfer from Chania Airport to Drapanias covers 52.5 km (32.6 mi) in about 50 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €79 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Drapanias 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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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €79 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €108 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €169 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Drapanias 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 Drapanias: 52.5 km (32.6 mi), about 50 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.
Drapanias is a village on the north coast of western Crete, on the road between Kolymbari and Kissamos. Drapanias sits slightly inland of a long, quiet beach, in the farming country that fills the plain behind the Gulf of Kissamos.
The village itself is small and agricultural, with olive groves and greenhouses around it rather than hotels.
Its usefulness is position. Kissamos and its port are a few kilometres west, and the beaches of the far west, including Fallasarna, are reached from the same road.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, in the village or out towards the beach.
Drapanias has few named streets and several properties sit on farm tracks. Give the property name and any directions the owner sent you when you book.
The drive runs west for 52.5 kilometres and takes about 50 minutes, ending in the farming country behind the Gulf of Kissamos. Drapanias is the last village before Kissamos itself, and the coast here is a long quiet beach rather than a resort strip.
The route crosses Akrotiri, passes Chania and follows the coast road west through Stalos, Agia Marina, Platanias and Maleme.
Tavronitis and its junction come at 40.0 kilometres, then Kolymbari at 43.1, where the road turns inland to cross the neck of the Rodopos peninsula.
The plain opens out on the far side. Olive groves and greenhouses fill it, and Drapanias sits among them, slightly back from its beach. Kissamos and its port are 4 kilometres further west, which is what most visitors staying here use for shops and boats.
The far west is thinly served compared with the coast behind it, and the distances are worth having in one place: Kolymbari is 43.1 kilometres from this airport, Drapanias 52.5, Kissamos 56.3 and Fallasarna 70.7. Everything beyond Kolymbari is farmland and open coast rather than resort strip.
The KTEL coach to Kissamos passes Drapanias on the main road.
It runs regularly enough, but reaching it from the airport means the bus into Chania and a change first. The coach also stops on the road rather than at accommodation, and properties here are scattered across farmland rather than gathered in a centre.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Drapanias. 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 Drapanias 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: 52.5 km (32.6 mi), about 50 min, and the same fixed fare from €79 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Drapanias at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Drapanias back to Chania Airport is the same 52.5 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The Chania bypass is the slow part eastbound in the morning, so a departure from the far west is set earlier than the open road at this end would suggest.
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.
For a departure from Drapanias we work back from your flight: about 50 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the Chania bypass.
Give us the flight number at booking and the exact pickup time is confirmed 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 Drapanias 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 Drapanias costs a fixed €79 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €108.
Kissamos is 56.3 kilometres from Chania Airport against 52.5 to Drapanias, so about 4 kilometres separates them. The port for the Balos and Kythira boats is at Kissamos.
It is an agricultural village rather than a resort, with a quiet beach below it and olive groves and greenhouses around. Shops and boats are at Kissamos, a few minutes west.
Yes. Drapanias has few named streets and several properties sit on farm tracks, so the property name and the owner's directions are what get the car to the door.
Kissamos at 56.3 kilometres from the airport, Fallasarna at 70.7 and Kolymbari at 43.1. Drapanias sits between Kolymbari and Kissamos on the same road.
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 €79 for a Standard car to Drapanias.
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 Drapanias and Drapanias to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €79, 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 private transfers in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.