A private transfer from Chania Airport to Sitia Port covers 269.0 km (167.1 mi) in about 3 hr 55 min and costs a fixed fare from €350 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Sitia Port 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 | €350 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €370 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €410 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €495 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sitia Port 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 Sitia Port: 269.0 km (167.1 mi), about 3 hr 55 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.
Sitia Port is the harbour of Sitia, at the eastern end of Crete's north coast. Sitia Port is the island's link to the Dodecanese: ferries from here call at Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes, and the Piraeus service uses the same quay.
The harbour sits at the end of the town's palm-lined seafront, a few hundred metres from the centre and below the Kazarma fortress.
Traffic here is thinner than at the western ports, and sailings are less frequent, which makes meeting a specific boat more important than at Heraklion or Souda.
We meet you at the passenger quay, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Sailings here are infrequent and a missed connection can mean a long wait. Give the operator and sailing time at booking so the pickup is set against boarding rather than the printed departure.
The drive crosses the island end to end, 269.0 kilometres in about 3 hr 55 min, from the western airport to the passenger quay at the far eastern corner.
Plane to boat is what this route is for. Sitia Port is Crete's link to the Dodecanese: the ferries from here call at Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes, and the Piraeus service uses the same berth. Passengers flying into the west and sailing out of the east are the ones who book it.
Your driver meets you in arrivals and 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.
The Milopotamos headlands come next, Ammoudara opens the Heraklion coast at 139.0 kilometres, and the city goes by on the bypass at about half distance.
Malia arrives at 180.0 kilometres and Sissi at 189.0, the shore empties before Mirabello Bay, and Agios Nikolaos is passed at 219.0. The last hour climbs into the eastern hills and comes down to Sitia at the end.
The quay sits at the end of the town's palm-lined seafront below the Kazarma, and the drop-off is at the passenger terminal itself rather than in the town.
Timing is the whole difficulty with this booking and it deserves saying plainly. Sailings from Sitia are infrequent, and a boat missed at the end of a four-hour drive is not a boat caught an hour later. Give us the operator and the sailing time as well as the flight number, and the pickup is built to fit between the two.
The town, the port and the airport are quoted identically from here, at 269.0 kilometres and the same fare in every vehicle, so the only thing the choice changes is where the car stops.
No public connection between this airport and that quay survives a ferry schedule.
The coach to Heraklion runs close to three hours, the eastern service to Sitia another three and a half, and the harbour is then a walk from the station, after reaching Chania's bus station from the terminal. Three changes, most of a day, and no allowance anywhere for a boat that leaves on time.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Sitia Port. 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 Sitia Port 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: 269.0 km (167.1 mi), about 3 hr 55 min, and the same fixed fare from €350 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sitia Port at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Sitia Port back to Chania Airport covers the same 269.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Boats from Kasos and Karpathos dock at hours that suit the islands rather than the mainland, and your driver waits with a board whatever the hour. Westbound the eastern hills come first and the Akrotiri climb last.
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 55 min of driving, the boarding time your ferry line requires, and a real margin for the eastern hills and the three city approaches.
Send the sailing and the operator when you book, along with the flight you arrive on. The pickup is then set against boarding at the far end rather than against a printed departure.
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 Sitia Port 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 Sitia Port costs a fixed €350 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €410.
The Dodecanese route, calling at Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes, and the service on to Piraeus. All use the same passenger quay.
No. From this airport the town, the port and the airport are all 269.0 kilometres and the same price. Name the point you need so the driver goes to the right one.
Give us the flight number and we track it. On a connection to an infrequent sailing that tracking is the reason to pre-book rather than take a rank taxi.
Far closer, by roughly half. Sitia sits at the eastern end of the island, and an arrival in the east halves the drive to the quay.
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 €350 for a Standard car to Sitia Port.
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 Sitia Port and Sitia Port to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €350, 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.