A private transfer from Chania Airport to Kokkini Hani covers 157.0 km (97.6 mi) in about 2 hr 28 min and costs a fixed fare from €180 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Kokkini Hani 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 | €180 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €205 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €215 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €230 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €385 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kokkini Hani 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 Kokkini Hani: 157.0 km (97.6 mi), about 2 hr 28 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.
Kokkini Hani is a resort on the coast immediately east of Heraklion, the first along the north coast road after the city and its airport. Kokkini Hani is close enough to Heraklion to work as a base for the capital, and far enough out to have its own beaches and seafront.
The settlement runs along the old coast road, with sand and shingle beaches below it and the national road behind.
The Minoan villa at Nirou Chani stands beside the village, one of the better preserved country houses of the period and open to visitors.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the coast road or in the streets between it and the national road.
Kokkini Hani runs along a single road for most of its length. Give the accommodation name when you book, since numbering along that road is not continuous.
The drive crosses the island east, 157.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 28 min, and ends at the first resort along the coast beyond Heraklion Airport.
The car leaves Akrotiri for the national road east of Chania and stays on it almost the whole way. Aptera above Souda Bay comes first, then Kalyves and the Apokoronas villages, then Georgioupolis and the Almyros.
Rethymno passes at 70.3 kilometres, then Panormos and Bali on the headlands, then Fodele at 121.0. The cliffs above Agia Pelagia and Lygaria follow, Ammoudara starts the built-up coast, and Heraklion goes by on the bypass.
Karteros and Amnissos, the city's beaches, come after the runway at 153.0 kilometres, and Kokkini Hani begins immediately past them.
The steps in the fare along this stretch are small and even. Ammoudara is €170, Karteros €175 and Kokkini Hani €180, each about €5 apart, so a few kilometres of coast either way makes little difference to what the transfer costs.
Kokkini Hani has something none of its neighbours on this run do. The Minoan villa at Nirou Chani was excavated at the western end of the village and stands beside the old coast road the transfer finishes along, one of the better preserved country houses of the period and open to visitors.
The resort itself runs along that old road with sand and shingle below it and the national road behind. Knossos Beach Bungalows Suites Resort and Spa, Dimitra Hotel and Apartments and Arina Sand are within half a kilometre of the centre, and the numbering along the road is not continuous, so the property name is what identifies the stop.
The KTEL intercity coach from Chania to Heraklion runs close to three hours, and the eastern coastal service from the same station stops at Kokkini Hani.
That is the airport to Chania's station, then two coaches with a change, then a walk down from the main road. The coastal service is frequent; the crossing before it is what takes the day.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Kokkini Hani. 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 Kokkini Hani 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: 157.0 km (97.6 mi), about 2 hr 28 min, and the same fixed fare from €180 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kokkini Hani at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Kokkini Hani back to Chania Airport covers the same 157.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Westbound the airport approach arrives within minutes of setting off and is the section most likely to hold the car up. The Rethymno bypass sits in the middle of the run and the Akrotiri climb at the end.
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 28 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline requires, and margins for the Heraklion bypass, the Rethymno bypass and the climb back up to the terminal.
Send the flight number at booking. The pickup is calculated from it on a run of this length 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 Kokkini Hani 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 Kokkini Hani costs a fixed €180 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €230.
Far closer. Kokkini Hani is 9.9 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 157.0 from Chania, which is about two hours in each direction.
A country house of the Minoan period, excavated at the western end of the village and open to visitors. It stands beside the old coast road rather than out of the way.
Ammoudara is €170 and Karteros €175 from this airport, against €180 here. The bands rise in fives along this part of the coast.
The seafront properties on the old coast road, among them Knossos Beach Bungalows Suites Resort & Spa, Dimitra Hotel & Apartments and Arina Sand.
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 €180 for a Standard car to Kokkini Hani.
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 Kokkini Hani and Kokkini Hani to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €180, 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 taxi in Crete we run, from the airports and ports to the resorts and villages along both coasts.