A private transfer from Chania Airport to Ierapetra covers 241.0 km (149.8 mi) in about 3 hr 25 min and costs a fixed fare from €320 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Ierapetra 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 | €320 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €330 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €345 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €414 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €576 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Ierapetra 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 Ierapetra: 241.0 km (149.8 mi), about 3 hr 25 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.
Ierapetra is the southernmost town in Greece and the main settlement on Crete's south-east coast, facing the Libyan Sea across a long seafront. Ierapetra is a working town before it is a resort, with a market, a fishing harbour and an agricultural belt of greenhouses spreading along the coast either side of it.
The Venetian fortress known as the Kales stands at the harbour entrance, and the old quarter of narrow streets sits behind it.
Boats to Chrissi, the uninhabited sand island about 15 kilometres offshore, leave from the harbour through the summer.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the seafront or in the streets behind it.
The old quarter near the fortress has narrow one-way lanes. Where your address sits inside it, the driver stops at the nearest legal point and tells you which before the day.
The drive crosses the island east and then south, 241.0 kilometres in about 3 hr 25 min, from the western airport to the southernmost town in Greece.
The fares on this stretch of coast run backwards, and the small car is where it shows. A Standard car costs €320 to Ierapetra, €275 to Koutsounari nine kilometres further east and €265 to Ferma eleven kilometres further still, so the nearest of the three is the dearest by €55. The SUV follows the same pattern at €330, €285 and €285. The Premium and the Minivan do the opposite and rise with the distance. Which vehicle you book therefore changes which destination is the bargain, which is worth two minutes before you choose.
The car comes down off Akrotiri onto the national road east of Chania. Aptera and Souda Bay open the run, the Apokoronas villages follow, and Rethymno passes at 70.3 kilometres.
Panormos, Bali and Fodele take the headlands, Ammoudara opens the Heraklion coast at 139.0 kilometres, and the city goes by on the bypass. Malia comes at 180.0 and Sissi at 189.0, and the shore empties before Mirabello Bay.
Agios Nikolaos is passed at 219.0 kilometres, and the road turns south at Pachia Ammos across the narrow waist of the island. The Libyan Sea appears ahead within a few minutes of the Cretan Sea going out of sight behind.
Ierapetra is a working town before it is a resort: a market, a fishing harbour, a long seafront and a belt of greenhouses spreading along the coast either side. The Venetian fortress known as the Kales stands at the harbour entrance with the old quarter of narrow streets behind it.
Boats to Chrissi, the uninhabited sand island about 15 kilometres offshore, leave from that harbour through the summer.
Cretan Villa, Astron Hotel, Hotel Petra Mare, Tylissos Beach Hotel and Smartline Arion Palace are among the properties on the seafront and in the streets behind it.
The coach network reaches Ierapetra from Heraklion, not from Chania.
From this airport that is Chania's bus station, close to three hours to Heraklion, a change, and then about two and a half hours more with another change at Agios Nikolaos. Four legs and most of a day against 3 hr 25 min from arrivals.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Ierapetra. 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 Ierapetra 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: 241.0 km (149.8 mi), about 3 hr 25 min, and the same fixed fare from €320 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Ierapetra at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Ierapetra back to Chania Airport covers the same 241.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
The isthmus crossing and the run west to Agios Nikolaos open the return, then the long national road, then the Akrotiri climb at the very end where a delay is hardest to recover. An early flight means a pickup well before dawn.
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 3 hr 25 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and margins for the isthmus, the two bypasses and the climb to the terminal.
Give us the flight number at booking. On a run of this length the pickup is calculated from the departure rather than estimated, and the time goes 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 Ierapetra 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 Ierapetra costs a fixed €320 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €414.
For a Standard car it is: €320 here, €275 for Koutsounari at 250.0 kilometres and €265 for Ferma at 252.0. The Premium and Minivan fares rise with the distance in the usual way.
Far closer. Ierapetra sits south-east of Heraklion, so an arrival there removes the entire western half of this drive.
An uninhabited sand island about 15 kilometres offshore, reached by boat from Ierapetra harbour through the summer.
The seafront and town properties, among them Cretan Villa, Astron Hotel, Hotel Petra Mare, Tylissos Beach Hotel and Smartline Arion Palace.
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 €320 for a Standard car to Ierapetra.
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 Ierapetra and Ierapetra to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €320, 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 taxi we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.