A private transfer from Chania Airport to Skaleta covers 81.2 km (50.5 mi) in about 1 hr 14 min and costs a fixed fare from €128 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Skaleta 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 | €128 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €168 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €240 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Skaleta 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 Skaleta: 81.2 km (50.5 mi), about 1 hr 14 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.
Skaleta is a coastal village on the north shore east of Rethymno, at the point where the national road returns to the sea after the inland stretch behind Panormos. Skaleta marks the start of the long beach that runs west through Sfakaki and Adelianos Kampos into Rethymno itself.
The village is small, with a handful of tavernas and a mix of apartments and family-run hotels along the shore.
Development here is lower and thinner than on the strip closer to Rethymno, which is the reason people pick it over the larger beach resorts a few kilometres west.
We drop you at the door of your hotel, apartment or villa, on the shore road or between it and the national road.
Skaleta's addresses are usually given by property name rather than street number. Give both the name and the area when you book.
The drive leaves Chania Airport on the Akrotiri peninsula, crosses to the mainland side above Souda Bay and joins the national road east. Chania is skirted rather than entered, which is why an arrival at any hour clears the city end without the delays a town pickup carries.
The route east covers Apokoronas and Georgioupolis, then the climb past Armeni and the descent towards Rethymno.
The city is passed on its bypass, and the beach strip east of it follows: Platanias, Adelianos Kampos, Sfakaki and then Skaleta at the far end.
Skaleta is where the national road leaves the shoreline going east, so it is the last of the four settlements you actually see from the car before the road turns inland behind the headlands.
Development here is lower and thinner than on the strip closer to Rethymno, which is what people choose it for. It also means less is open out of season, and the city is a short drive west if that matters. Four settlements share Rethymno's eastern beach and Skaleta is the one furthest from the city, at 81.2 kilometres from this airport against 73.6 to Platanias at the near end. The sand is continuous between them; the development thins as you go east.
The intercity coach passes Skaleta on the national road above the village.
It sets down on the main road rather than at accommodation, and reaching it means the airport bus into Chania and a change at the central station first.
Your driver takes you to the door of your accommodation in Skaleta. 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 Skaleta 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: 81.2 km (50.5 mi), about 1 hr 14 min, and the same fixed fare from €128 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Skaleta at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Skaleta back to Chania Airport is the same 81.2 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Westbound the Rethymno bypass comes first and the Chania approach second, both slower through the morning.
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.
About 1 hr 14 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and margins for the Rethymno bypass and the Chania approach.
Give us the flight number at booking and the pickup 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 Skaleta 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 Skaleta costs a fixed €128 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €168.
At the eastern end, past Sfakaki, at 81.2 kilometres from this airport. It is the thinnest developed part of the four.
Yes. Skaleta is 69.4 kilometres from Heraklion Airport against 81.2 from Chania.
An SUV for up to 4 passengers, a Minivan for up to 8, and a Minibus for up to 18.
Sfakaki, Adelianos Kampos and Platanias, all on the same continuous beach, with Platanias closest to the city.
The eastern end, furthest from Rethymno old town. Sfakaki adjoins it to the west and Panormos is the next place east, past the point where the road leaves the shoreline and runs behind the headlands.
Creta Royal, Creta Star, Oasis Hotel and Retimno Mare are among the properties behind the sand here.
No. The old town is at the far western end of the strip and Skaleta sits several kilometres beyond it, so an evening there is a drive.
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 €128 for a Standard car to Skaleta.
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 Skaleta and Skaleta to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €128, 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.