A private transfer from Chania Town to Sitia Airport covers 263.0 km (163.4 mi) in about 3 hr 53 min and costs a fixed fare from €350 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Chania Town, or the departure run back from Sitia Airport 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 Airport back to Chania Town 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 Town to Sitia Airport: 263.0 km (163.4 mi), about 3 hr 53 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 comes to the door of your hotel, apartment or address in Chania at the time on your voucher. City pickups are door-to-door, so there is no meeting point to find.
Chania's old town sits behind the Venetian harbour, and most of it is pedestrianised. Chania's harbour lanes take no traffic at all, so where a hotel sits inside that zone the driver arranges the nearest point a car can legally stop, usually a few minutes' walk away, and confirms it before the day.
Tell us the hotel name as well as the street when you book. Old town addresses are frequently unnumbered and are far easier to find by name.
Journeys east to Rethymno, Georgioupolis and the north coast join the national road within a few minutes. Journeys west and south, towards Kissamos, Falasarna, Elafonissi and Paleochora, leave on slower roads that climb through the hills.
At your accommodation's entrance, or the closest legal stopping point when the address sits inside the pedestrian zone of the old town.
Your driver calls ahead if there is any doubt about where the vehicle can wait.
Give us the pickup address and a contact number at booking. Your driver waits at the agreed time and calls if the entrance is not reachable.
Tell us as early as you can if your plans change, so the driver can be rescheduled.
Sitia Airport is the small public airport serving the far east of Crete, a few kilometres north of Sitia town. Sitia Airport handles domestic flights and a limited number of seasonal international services, so most visitors to this end of the island still arrive at Heraklion and drive.
The terminal is small and the road to it short, with the town and its port both within a few minutes.
Its value is for anyone connecting from Athens or the islands rather than flying in directly from abroad.
We drop you at the departures entrance, or meet you in the arrivals area with a board showing your name.
Flights here are few and the terminal empties quickly. Give the flight number at booking so the driver is there for the actual arrival rather than the scheduled one.
The drive covers 263.0 kilometres in about 3 hr 53 min and crosses the island from the second city to the terminal at its far eastern end.
Sitia Airport is the shortest of the three Sitia runs from Chania. The airport lies 263.0 kilometres out, the port 266.0 and the town 267.0, and the difference shows in the time as well: this one is quoted at 3 hr 53 min against 4 hr 0 min for the other two, because the terminal sits north of the town and the road reaches it first.
Your driver leaves your Chania address and joins the national road within minutes. Souda Bay opens below on the left, the road climbs past Aptera, and Kalyves, Vamos and Gavalochori pass on the Apokoronas slope.
Georgioupolis and Kavros follow, then Rethymno at roughly a quarter of the way. Panormos, Bali and Fodele take the headlands, Agia Pelagia and Lygaria bring the car down to Ammoudara, and Heraklion goes by on the bypass at close to the halfway mark.
The eastern resort coast runs from Kokkini Hani to Malia, and after Sissi and Milatos the island empties. Agios Nikolaos comes next, then Istron and the high road east past the Mochlos turning.
The last descent is towards Sitia, and the airport turning comes before the town does.
Flights here are few, so the pickup is built around the departure rather than around a round number. Sitia Airport handles domestic services and a limited seasonal international schedule, which is why most passengers on this route are connecting through Athens or on to the islands rather than flying home directly.
There is no sensible public route from Chania to Sitia Airport.
The coach to Heraklion takes close to three hours, the onward service to Sitia several more with stops, and the airport then needs a local taxi from the town. Three legs, two changes and most of a day, on a schedule that has to work first time or the flight goes without you.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 263.0 km (163.4 mi), about 3 hr 53 min, and the same fixed fare from €350 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sitia Airport at the agreed time and takes you straight to Chania Town.
Sitia Airport back to Chania covers the same 263.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Landing at a small terminal has one advantage on a run this long: the arrivals hall clears in minutes, so the car is moving almost as soon as the aircraft is down. The eastern hill road is the slow section in either direction, and it is slower still after dark.
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 53 min of driving, the check-in time your airline asks for at Sitia, and a real margin for the eastern hills and the three city approaches at Heraklion, Rethymno and Chania.
Give us the flight number at booking. On a journey of this length the pickup time is calculated from it rather than estimated, and it 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 Town to Sitia Airport 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 Town to Sitia Airport costs a fixed €350 for an SUV carrying up to 4 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €410.
The engine sells no Standard car on this pairing. Vehicles on the Sitia routes from Chania begin at the SUV, and the fare quoted is the one that vehicle carries for the full 263.0 kilometres.
Yes, by 4.0 kilometres from Chania. Sitia Airport is 263.0 kilometres out and the town 267.0, since the terminal sits north of the town on the approach road.
Domestic services, with a limited seasonal international schedule. Passengers connecting through Athens or travelling on to the islands are the ones this route usually serves.
Work back from the departure: 3 hr 53 min of driving plus your airline's check-in requirement plus a margin. Send the flight number and the exact time is printed on the voucher.
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 Airport.
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.
The driver arranges the nearest legal stopping point and confirms it before the day, so nobody is left waiting on a pedestrianised lane. Give the accommodation name as well as the street when you book.
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 Town to Sitia Airport and Sitia Airport to Chania Town 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.