A private transfer from Chania Airport to Kalamaki covers 27.0 km (16.8 mi) in about 35 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €45 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Kalamaki 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 | €45 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €85 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €158 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kalamaki 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 Kalamaki: 27.0 km (16.8 mi), about 35 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.
Kalamaki is a beach suburb on the coast immediately west of Chania, between Agioi Apostoloi and Stalos. Kalamaki is close enough to the city to be part of it in practice: the built-up area runs continuously from Chania out to here, and the beach is one of the nearest stretches of sand to the centre.
The beach is sand and shingle with rocky sections, backed by apartments and small hotels rather than large resorts.
Its neighbours define it. Agioi Apostoloi with its sheltered coves lies immediately east, and Stalos, where the resort strip proper begins, is immediately west.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the coast road or in the streets behind it.
This stretch of coast runs continuously from Chania and the district names change without any obvious boundary. Give the accommodation name at booking rather than only the area.
The drive crosses Akrotiri and comes down the western side of Chania to Kalamaki, 27.0 kilometres in about 35 minutes. Kalamaki sits inside the city's built-up area rather than out on the resort strip, so the drive ends in suburb rather than in open coast.
The car leaves the terminal, crosses the peninsula and joins the road that skirts Chania to the south, with Souda Bay behind and the city below to the right.
Agioi Apostoloi and Chrissi Akti come first on the western side, the two sheltered beach districts closest to the centre. Kalamaki follows immediately, and Daratsos sits just inland of both.
There is no obvious boundary between any of them. The coast here runs continuously from Chania out to Stalos, and district names change without a sign to mark it, which is why the accommodation name rather than the area is what gets the car to the right door.
City buses run along this coast frequently, since Kalamaki is effectively part of Chania.
The difficulty is the same as everywhere on this side: no service runs from the airport, so a public arrival means the airport bus into the centre and a change before coming back west. For 27.0 kilometres that is a long way round with luggage.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 27.0 km (16.8 mi), about 35 min, and the same fixed fare from €45 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kalamaki at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Kalamaki back to Chania Airport is the same 27.0 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
Morning traffic on the city's western approaches is the slow part, and it starts earlier here than further out along the strip, so departures are timed against the city rather than the distance.
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 Kalamaki we work back from your flight: about 35 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for, plus a buffer for the Chania approaches.
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 Kalamaki 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 Kalamaki costs a fixed €45 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €85.
No. Crete has a Kalamaki on the south coast near Matala, and this route serves the beach district west of Chania. The two are separate destinations at opposite ends of the island.
Kalamaki sits inside Chania's built-up area, so the old town is a short drive east along the coast rather than a journey. The whole shore between the two is continuously developed.
Three: an SUV for up to 4 passengers, a Minivan for up to 8, and a Minibus for up to 18.
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 €45 for a Standard car to Kalamaki.
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 Kalamaki and Kalamaki to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €45, 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.