A private transfer from Heraklion Airport to Kokkini Hani covers 9.9 km (6.2 mi) in about 11 minutes and costs a fixed fare from €36 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion 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 | €36 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €40 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €45 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €55 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €80 |
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Bus | Coach Bus | up to 52 | 30 | €150 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Kokkini Hani back to Heraklion 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 Heraklion Airport (HER) to Kokkini Hani: 9.9 km (6.2 mi), about 11 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 Heraklion Airport, holding a sign with your name on it. Your transfer starts there rather than at a taxi rank, so there is no queue to join and no fare to agree on the spot.
Heraklion International Airport (HER) is Crete's main gateway and handled 4,039,249 international arrivals in 2025. Heraklion International Airport concentrates its arrivals into one short terminal, which keeps the walk from baggage reclaim to the meeting area brief even at peak season.
The driver confirms your name and destination, loads your luggage, and leaves from the airport car park. Nothing is settled on the day when you have paid online, and the fare on your voucher does not change.
The airport sits on the coast road immediately east of Heraklion city, which puts every eastern resort on a direct run without crossing town. Westbound journeys join the same national road in the opposite direction.
Inside the arrivals hall, past baggage reclaim, at the transfers meeting area. Your driver holds a name sign that matches the booking.
Look for the sign rather than a taxi rank or a car park level. The phone number on your voucher reaches a person who can locate your driver, if the sign is not where you expect it.
Give us your flight number at booking. Your pickup is then scheduled against that flight rather than against a clock time, and the driver is told to arrive later when the flight lands late.
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 runs east for 9.9 kilometres and takes about 11 minutes, the shortest transfer we sell from this airport. Kokkini Hani is the first resort past the airport perimeter, so the car is on the coast road within a minute of leaving the terminal.
The road passes Karteros and Amnissos, the two beaches Heraklion uses itself, before any resort development starts.
Kokkini Hani follows immediately. The village runs along the old coast road below the national road, with the beaches on the seaward side and most accommodation between the two.
The Minoan villa at Nirou Chani stands beside the village, close enough to the road to be reached on foot from most addresses here, which is unusual for a site of that period.
Two things sit within a few minutes of Kokkini Hani that are worth knowing about on the way in. Amnissos and Karteros, passed on the drive, are the beaches Heraklion uses itself and are busiest at weekends rather than in the middle of the week. Gournes, immediately east, holds the aquarium.
The short distance also changes how the transfer works in practice. At 9.9 kilometres the drive is over before most arrivals have finished settling in, and a delayed landing costs you almost nothing here, because there is no long road left to cover once the car leaves the terminal.
The coastal bus between Heraklion and the eastern resorts stops at Kokkini Hani and runs frequently.
It does not serve the airport, so a public trip means getting into Heraklion first and coming back out along the same road you would otherwise have driven directly. For 9.9 kilometres that is a long way round.
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: 9.9 km (6.2 mi), about 11 min, and the same fixed fare from €36 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Kokkini Hani at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Airport.
Kokkini Hani back to Heraklion Airport is the same 9.9 kilometres in reverse, at the same fixed fare.
The run is short enough that traffic rarely changes it, and departures from here need less of a buffer than anywhere else on this coast.
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 departure from Kokkini Hani we work back from your flight: about 11 minutes of driving, plus the check-in and security time your airline asks for.
Give us the flight number at booking and the exact pickup time 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 Heraklion 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 Heraklion Airport to Kokkini Hani costs a fixed €36 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €55.
About 11 min for the 9.9 km (6.2 mi) route, which makes it the shortest transfer sold from this airport.
A Minoan villa beside the village, one of the better preserved country houses of the period. It sits close to the coast road and within walking distance of most Kokkini Hani addresses.
Gournes, then Gouves at 19.5 kilometres from Heraklion Town. Each is booked as its own transfer with its own fixed fare.
It sits between the city and the resort coast, with Heraklion a few minutes west and the eastern resorts beginning immediately east. That position rather than the beach is what most people choose it for.
Gournes holds the aquarium and sits immediately east of Kokkini Hani on the same road. It is close enough to reach without a transfer once you are here.
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 €36 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. Heraklion Airport to Kokkini Hani and Kokkini Hani to Heraklion Airport are the same journey at the same fixed €36, 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.