Mykonos. From the aircraft steps to the villa, the harbour or the yacht, with the season planned around you.
Chora is ten to fifteen minutes from the airport on a clear road. We follow the aircraft rather than the clock, keep the car near the field and hold it through August's slots and traffic, so the transfer is the calm part of the day.
The airport
Mykonos at a glance
- CodesJMK / LGMKMykonos Island National Airport, run by Fraport Greece.
- DistanceAbout 3 to 4 km to ChoraThe airport sits just south east of the main town, so nothing on the island is far in kilometres.
- RunwayOne, about 1,900 mComfortable for turboprops and light to midsize jets. Larger types generally go to Athens and connect.
- AccessSlots and prior permission in seasonGeneral and business aviation movements need a parking authorisation as well as a slot through the summer.
Runway length and summer heat interact: performance margins on a hot afternoon are not the margins on a spring morning. Your operator will tell you what the aircraft can do on the day.
Journey times
From Mykonos airport by road
| To | May, June and September | Peak August |
|---|---|---|
| Chora, Mykonos town | 10 to 15 minutes | 20 to 35 minutes |
| Ornos | 5 to 10 minutes | 15 to 25 minutes |
| Psarou and Platis Gialos | 10 to 15 minutes | 20 to 40 minutes |
| Agios Ioannis | 10 to 15 minutes | 20 to 35 minutes |
| New port at Tourlos | 10 to 15 minutes | 20 to 35 minutes |
| Ano Mera | 15 to 20 minutes | 25 to 40 minutes |
| Elia, Kalafatis and the east | 25 to 35 minutes | 40 to 60 minutes |
Distances are tiny. Times are not. Mykonos has one real road network, no dual carriageway, and evening traffic around Chora and the beach clubs that has to be lived through rather than driven around.
The flying reality
Getting the aircraft in is the hard part
Mykonos is a single runway island field with limited apron space, and through the summer it is both slot controlled and subject to prior permission for parking. In practice that means three things for a Mykonos day. Arrival windows are finite and are taken early. Your aircraft may drop and reposition rather than wait on the ground. And a tight turn can be moved by half an hour for reasons that have nothing to do with your flight.
None of that is unusual; it is simply the island. What matters for the ground is that the car is not booked to a time that the aircraft no longer has. We take the tail number, keep the chauffeur near the field and hold rather than release, and we would rather quote you a waiting arrangement honestly than pretend a Mykonos August runs to the minute.
Odyssey owns its cars and employs its chauffeurs in London and Manchester, and works through a trusted global network everywhere else. On Mykonos the cars are arranged through operators we know, and in high season the sensible vehicles are booked well before the villa is.
On the ground
What we ask before a Mykonos arrival
Six things that decide whether the transfer is calm or not.
- The tail number or flight number, so we are watching the movement rather than the clock.
- The exact villa or hotel, with a pin. Addresses on Mykonos are approximate and several of the best houses are at the end of unmade tracks.
- Luggage, honestly counted. Island vehicles are smaller than their London equivalents and a full boot is a real constraint.
- Whether a tender is meeting you, and from which quay, if the party is joining a yacht.
- Any onward ferry, because the new port at Tourlos runs to its own timetable and the drive there is short but the queue is not.
- How many cars you actually want. Two smaller vehicles often move a group faster on this island than one large one.
Alternatives
When Mykonos will not take the aircraft
If the aircraft is too large, or the day has no slot left, the usual answer is Athens with a short connecting leg, or a helicopter. Both are arranged rather than assumed, and both need booking early in July and August. The light jet and midsize jet pages set out what typically suits this runway, and helicopter charter covers the Athens and inter island hops.
Clients who cruise often avoid the question entirely: fly into Athens, meet the yacht at Alimos or Flisvos and arrive in Mykonos by sea. It is slower on paper and a great deal calmer in practice.
Onward
Where Mykonos passengers go next
Request a quote
Tell us the arrival
Dates, tail number or flight, passengers, luggage and the villa or yacht. For August, the earlier the better. We come back with a clear price. Nothing is booked or charged online.
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Questions people ask
About Mykonos transfers
What size aircraft can land at Mykonos?
The runway is about 1,900 m, which suits turboprops and light to midsize jets. Heavier types and hot afternoon departures are a question for your operator, and the answer changes with temperature and payload.
Can the car meet us at the aircraft?
Where the airport permits it for your movement. On a busy summer day the answer is often the terminal door instead, and we will tell you which before you land.
Is a large car worth booking?
Sometimes not. The roads are narrow and the villa tracks are worse. We would rather put a group into two sensible vehicles than one that cannot reach the gate.
Can you handle the yacht side as well?
Yes. Tell us the quay and the tender time and we will build the transfer around it. See yacht charter.
Are these your own cars?
In London and Manchester, yes, and a trusted global network covers everywhere else. On Mykonos they are arranged through operators we know, and the arrangement stays ours.
