A private transfer from Souda Port to Sitia Airport covers 256.0 km (159.1 mi) in about 3 hr 58 min and costs a fixed fare from €340 per vehicle, not per person.
One booking covers the journey in either direction: arrival from Souda Port, 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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Standard | Skoda Octavia, VW ID.3 | up to 3 | 3 | €340 |
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SUV | Skoda Karoq | up to 4 | 4 | €378 |
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Premium | Mercedes E Class, Skoda Kodiaq, Jeep Compass | up to 4 | 4 | €420 |
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Minivan | Peugeot Traveller, Mercedes Vito | up to 8 | 8 | €435 |
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Minibus | Mercedes Sprinter | up to 18 | 18 | €800 |
The same fare applies in both directions: Sitia Airport back to Souda 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 Souda Port to Sitia Airport: 256.0 km (159.1 mi), about 3 hr 58 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 Souda Port, holding a banner with your name and the company name on it. Ferry passengers all disembark at once, so the banner is what makes your car findable in the crowd leaving the ramp.
Souda Port sits in Souda Bay, a deep natural harbour east of Chania, and is the ferry gateway for the whole of western Crete. Souda Port takes the overnight sailing from Piraeus, which docks early in the morning and empties several hundred foot passengers onto the quay at once.
That early docking is the reason pre-booking matters here more than at an airport. Taxi supply at Souda is thin at 06:00, and the queue forms before the ramp is down.
The port road joins the national road within a few minutes, so eastbound journeys to Georgioupolis, Rethymno and beyond leave directly without crossing Chania.
In front of the passenger terminal, where your driver waits with a banner showing your name and ours.
Wait at the terminal rather than walking towards the port gate. The quay is a working port with restricted vehicle access, and the car cannot meet you on it.
Give us your ferry operator and arrival time at booking. We track sailing arrivals, 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, so the driver can be reassigned.
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 256.0 kilometres in about 3 hr 58 min and joins the ferry quay for western Crete to the small terminal at the eastern end of the island.
Boat to plane is the usual reason for this booking. Passengers coming off the Piraeus overnight at Souda and flying out of Sitia to Athens or the islands make the crossing in one vehicle, and the fixed fare covers the whole 256.0 kilometres regardless of how the morning runs.
Your driver waits in front of the Souda passenger terminal with a banner, and the port road reaches the national road within minutes.
Aptera and Souda Bay open the drive, then the Apokoronas slope through Kalyves, Vamos and Gavalochori, then Georgioupolis and Kavros before Rethymno at about a quarter of the way.
The Milopotamos headlands at Panormos and Bali follow, Fodele and Agia Pelagia bring the road to Ammoudara, and Heraklion goes by on the bypass near the midpoint. Kokkini Hani, Gouves, Chersonissos, Stalida and Malia carry the eastern coast.
Sissi, Milatos, Agios Nikolaos and Istron take the road to the eastern hills, and the airport turning arrives before the descent into Sitia town.
Of the three Sitia points, the airport is the nearest to Souda at 256.0 kilometres and the slowest to reach: the engine quotes 3 hr 58 min here against 3 hr 50 min for the town and the quay. All three carry the same fixed €340, so the extra eight minutes cost nothing.
Flights from Sitia are few and the terminal is small, which changes what the pickup has to be built around. A missed departure here is not recovered later the same day.
No public route connects Souda to Sitia Airport on a schedule a flight could rely on.
A bus into Chania, the coach to Heraklion, the eastern service to Sitia and a local taxi out to the terminal add up to most of a day and three changes. Every one of those legs has to work for the flight to be caught.
The return leg is the same journey in reverse: 256.0 km (159.1 mi), about 3 hr 58 min, and the same fixed fare from €340 per vehicle. Your driver collects you from your accommodation in Sitia Airport at the agreed time and takes you straight to Souda Port.
Sitia Airport back to Souda Port covers the same 256.0 kilometres at the same fixed price.
A small terminal empties fast, so the car is usually moving within minutes of the aircraft arriving. Westbound the eastern hills are the slow section, and the Souda boarding time rather than the flight time is what sets the pickup on a departure day.
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 58 min of driving, the check-in time your airline asks for at Sitia, and a margin for the eastern hills and the Heraklion and Rethymno approaches.
Give us the flight number and, if you are arriving by sea, the ferry operator as well. We track the docking, so a late boat moves the pickup instead of ending the journey.
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 Souda Port 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 Souda Port to Sitia Airport costs a fixed €340 for a Standard car carrying up to 3 passengers. A Minivan for up to 8 people is €435.
No. Sitia Airport is 1.0 kilometre nearer to Souda than the town and the quoted time is 8 minutes longer, at 3 hr 58 min against 3 hr 50 min. The fare is €340 either way.
Usually, with the times checked first. The Piraeus overnight docks early and the drive takes about four hours, so give us both the sailing and the flight number and the connection is set against boarding at each end.
Domestic services with a limited seasonal international schedule. Most passengers here are connecting through Athens or travelling on to the islands.
In front of the passenger terminal, with a banner showing your name and ours. Several hundred foot passengers leave the ramp at once, which is what the banner is for.
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 €340 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.
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. Souda Port to Sitia Airport and Sitia Airport to Souda Port are the same journey at the same fixed €340, 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.