A private transfer from Chania Airport to Souda Port covers 15.2 km (9.4 mi) in about 22 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €40 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Airport, or the departure run back from Souda 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 | €40 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €68 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €135 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Souda 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 Souda Port: 15.2 km (9.4 mi), about 22 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.
Souda Port is the ferry harbour for Chania, at the head of Souda Bay 6.5 kilometres east of the city. Souda Port handles the overnight sailings to and from Piraeus, which is the main sea link for western Crete, and the bay it sits in is one of the deepest natural harbours in the Mediterranean.
The passenger terminal is separate from the naval base that occupies the rest of the inlet, and taxis and buses wait directly outside it.
Arrivals here happen at one hour rather than through the day. The Piraeus boat docks early in the morning and empties in a few minutes, which is what shapes every transfer from this quay.
We meet you in front of the passenger terminal, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Everyone leaves the boat at once, which is what the banner is for. For a departure, give the operator and sailing time so the pickup is set against boarding rather than the time printed on the ticket.
The drive crosses the Akrotiri peninsula and drops to the ferry harbour, 15.2 kilometres in about 22 minutes. Both points sit on the same side of Chania, so the city is never entered.
The road leaves the terminal and climbs across the plateau, then descends the eastern flank of the peninsula with Souda Bay opening below.
The bay is one of the deepest natural harbours in the Mediterranean, and the naval base occupies most of it. The passenger terminal sits separately at the head, signposted well before the base entrance.
This is a connection rather than a journey, and the reason to book it is the pair of fixed times at either end. A flight landing at nine and a Piraeus sailing boarding at eight leaves no room to look for a taxi, and the boat does not wait. Two harbours and an airport sit within 15 kilometres of each other on this side of Chania, which is unusual on Crete. Souda takes the Piraeus boat, the airport takes the flights, and the city lies between them, so a connection between any two of the three is a short drive rather than a journey.
A bus runs from the airport into Chania, and a second from the city out to Souda.
Two legs and a change with luggage, to cover 15.2 kilometres, on timetables built around scheduled flights rather than delayed ones. Against a boarding deadline the saving is small and the exposure is not.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 15.2 km (9.4 mi), about 22 min, and the same fixed fare from €40 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Souda Port at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Airport.
Souda Port back to the airport is the same 15.2 kilometres at the same fixed fare.
Ferry arrivals cluster: the Piraeus boat docks around six and empties in minutes. A pre-booked car is waiting when that happens rather than joining the queue it creates.
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 sailing we work back from boarding rather than the time printed on the ticket: about 22 minutes of driving plus the terminal time your ferry line asks for.
Give us the flight number and the sailing at booking, and the pickup is set against the landing we track.
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 Souda 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 Souda Port costs a fixed €40 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €68.
The driving takes about 22 minutes, so the margin is comfortable. Give us both the flight number and the sailing so the pickup is timed against the actual landing.
Yes. Souda is 6.5 kilometres from the city and the airport 14.9, though both sit on the same side of it.
In front of the passenger terminal with a banner showing your name and ours.
Souda Port, Chania Airport and the city all sit within about 15 kilometres of one another on the same side of the bay.
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 €40 for a Standard car to Souda 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 Souda Port and Souda Port to Chania Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €40, 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.