A private transfer from Heraklion Port to Chania Airport covers 147.0 km (91.3 mi) in about 2 hr 30 min and costs a fixed fare from €170 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Heraklion Port, or the departure run back from Chania 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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Standard | Skoda Octavia, VW ID.3 | up to 3 | 3 | €170 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €184 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €195 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €215 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €350 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Chania Airport back to Heraklion Port 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 Port to Chania Airport (CHQ): 147.0 km (91.3 mi), about 2 hr 30 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 in front of the Passenger Terminal at Heraklion Port, holding a banner with your name and the company name on it. Ferry arrivals cluster, so the terminal forecourt fills quickly; the banner is what makes your car findable in it.
Heraklion Port sits inside the city, a few minutes from the centre and about 4 kilometres from the airport. Heraklion Port is the island's main ferry gateway, taking the overnight sailings from Piraeus as well as the routes from Santorini, Mykonos, Paros and Naxos.
Overnight ferries from Piraeus dock early in the morning, which is the port's busiest window and the one where on-demand taxis are hardest to find. A pre-booked car is already waiting when the ramp goes down.
Cruise calls berth at the same port area and follow the same procedure.
In front of the Passenger Terminal, where your driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Stay at the terminal rather than walking out to the road. The port approach is one-way and busy at docking time, and the vehicle cannot stop on it.
Give us your ferry or cruise line and arrival time at booking. We track sailing arrivals as well as flights, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
Tell us as early as you can if your sailing is cancelled or diverted to another port, so the driver can be reassigned.
Chania Airport, named after Ioannis Daskalogiannis, is the western of Crete's two main airports, on the Akrotiri peninsula east of Chania. Chania Airport handles the flights that serve the west of the island, and it is the arrival point for Chania, the Apokoronas coast, Rethymno and everything out to Kissamos and Palaiochora.
The terminal is small compared with Heraklion's and the road out of it crosses open upland rather than any built-up area.
Distances from here are what decide whether it suits a holiday: Chania is 14.9 kilometres, Rethymno 70.3, and the eastern resorts are three hours or more.
We drop you at the departures entrance, or meet you inside the arrivals hall with a board showing your name.
For a departure, give the flight number at booking so the pickup is timed against the check-in your airline asks for. For an arrival, the driver waits inside rather than at a rank outside.
The car leaves the port gate for the national road west and covers 147.0 kilometres in about 2 hr 30 min to the terminal on the Akrotiri peninsula.
This is a boat-to-plane transfer, and it is the reason the route sells: the overnight from Piraeus docks at Heraklion early in the morning, and a flight out of the island's western airport is reachable the same day with time in hand.
The drive is the north coast, run in one line. Ammoudara passes first, then Agia Pelagia and Lygaria below the cliffs, then Fodele, Bali and Panormos.
Rethymno comes at 77.8 kilometres, Georgioupolis and the Apokoronas villages follow, and the road climbs over Aptera with Souda Bay opening below.
The last twenty minutes are the ones that separate this route from the others on the same road. Where a transfer to the western strip carries on past Chania on the bypass, this one turns up onto Akrotiri and climbs to the open upland the terminal sits on. Agia Marina, on the coast a kilometre less far at 146.0 kilometres, is quoted at about 2 hr 9 min; the climb to the airport takes this one to 2 hr 30 min.
Build that climb into the plan rather than the margin. On a departure it comes last, when a delay is hardest to recover, and it is the one section of the whole journey with no alternative road.
The terminal is small and the approach is short and open, so the drop is at the departures entrance rather than at the end of a queue.
The public route is a coach to Chania and a second vehicle out to the airport.
That means Heraklion's bus station after a night at sea, close to three hours west, a change, then the airport service or a taxi across Akrotiri. Three legs, two waits, and a flight at the end of them that will not wait in turn.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 147.0 km (91.3 mi), about 2 hr 30 min, and the same fixed fare from €170 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Chania Airport at the agreed time and takes you straight to Heraklion Port.
Chania Airport back to Heraklion Port covers the same 147.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
Coming the other way the descent from Akrotiri is quick and the national road carries the rest. Sailings from Heraklion to Piraeus leave in the evening, so a landing at Chania during the day connects comfortably.
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 2 hr 30 min of driving, the check-in and security time your airline asks for, and a real margin for the Akrotiri climb at the end.
Give us the flight number at booking, and the ferry you arrive on if you are coming off a boat. We track both, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
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 Port to Chania 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 Heraklion Port to Chania Airport costs a fixed €170 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €215.
Usually, with the times checked first. The Piraeus overnight docks early and the drive takes about 2 hr 30 min, so give us both the sailing and the flight number and the pickup is set against the two together.
Agia Marina is 146.0 kilometres from the quay at about 2 hr 9 min. The airport is 147.0 and takes about 2 hr 30 min, and the difference is the climb up onto Akrotiri at the end.
At the departures entrance. The terminal is small and the approach road short, so there is no long walk from the drop-off.
Give us the operator at booking and we track the arrival. On a connection to a flight that tracking is the point of pre-booking rather than taking a rank taxi.
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 €170 for a Standard car to Chania 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.
Give us your ferry operator and sailing time when you book. We track arrivals, so a late docking moves the pickup rather than costing you the transfer.
In front of the passenger terminal, where the driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours. Ferry passengers all reach the quay at once, which is what the banner is for.
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 Port to Chania Airport and Chania Airport to Heraklion Port are the same journey at the same fixed €170, 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.