Florence to Pisa Airport
- ~1h 14min
- ~81-106 km
- Collected at your Florence address, dropped at PSA departures
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Being collected inside Florence's limited traffic zone? Put the address in the request
The centre of Florence is a camera-gated limited traffic zone, the ZTL. Its gates are on from 07:30 to 20:00 Monday to Friday and from 07:30 to 16:00 on Saturday. A taxi or private-hire car licensed by a Tuscan municipality can be registered on the city's permanent whitelist for every sector. Any other licensed car gets in by registering its plate by SMS before each entry, at €1 a time, valid for three hours. Give the carrier your street address when you post the trip, so the car is cleared for the door before it sets off.
Comune di Firenze ZTL regulation, read October 2026.
About This Transfer
The car comes to your door in Florence at the hour your flight needs, the cases go in once, and you get out at departures in Pisa. Florence to Pisa Airport is 81 km and about 74 minutes in free-flowing traffic on the FI-PI-LI, the dual carriageway that is free for cars and has its own exit for the airport. The motorway line, A11 then A12, is 106 km, costs a car €8.00 and takes 76 minutes on an empty road.
Check the airport on your ticket first. Florence has its own, 7 km from Santa Maria Novella, and a flight from there does not need this drive. This page is for the flight that leaves from Pisa.
By day the train is the strong alternative, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. One ticket from Santa Maria Novella to the airport costs €16.30 with the Pisa Mover included, and the morning connections we sampled took between 1h 08min and 1h 40min. One traveller with one bag and a midday flight, starting near the station, should take it.
The catch is the early flight.
The airport's flight window opens at 06:00. On the three days we sampled in October 2026, the first train and mover connection reached the airport at 06:08 on the Tuesday and the Saturday, and at 06:48 on the Sunday. The direct coach reached it at 04:15 or not until 08:00. A car leaves when you say.
Four people pay €65.20 for the train and still carry every bag from the hotel to the station, across Pisa Centrale and onto the mover. A private car is quoted per vehicle and starts at the door. For the terminal at the other end, and the rebuilding planned there, see our Pisa Airport transfers page. If your flight leaves from Peretola instead, the Florence Airport transfers page is the one you want.
- ✓ The toll-free FI-PI-LI or the A11 motorway
- ✓ About 74 min free flow for 81 km
- ✓ Collected at your Florence door, at your hour
Sights Along the Route
Your driver covers the distance while you enjoy the scenery.
Vinci and the Museo Leonardiano
Leonardo's home town sits off the free road: about 40 km and 46 minutes from Santa Maria Novella, then about 58 km and 55 minutes on to the airport. That is about 27 minutes more driving than the direct run, before the visit. The Museo Leonardiano is spread over the Palazzina Uzielli and the Castello dei Conti Guidi. It suits an afternoon flight, not a morning one.
Museo Leonardiano →Lucca
The motorway line passes Lucca, 35 km and 30 minutes from the airport in free flow. The historic centre inside the walls is a camera-gated limited traffic zone, but its pay car parks stay reachable for visitors, Piazzale Verdi among them. A stop here decides the road for you: it only works on the motorway line.
Turismo Lucca →Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
The Leaning Tower's square is about 4 km and 10 minutes from the airport in free-flowing traffic, so it is the stop that fits before a late flight. The Cathedral, the Tower, the Baptistery and the Camposanto stand on the same lawn, and the body that runs them sells tickets online in advance. A car that waits with the cases makes it possible; agree the waiting time with your carrier when you book.
Opera della Primaziale Pisana →Route Overview
Pickup: Florence
Give the carrier the street address, not just the hotel name. The centre is a limited traffic zone in five sectors with camera gates. A taxi or private-hire car licensed by a Tuscan municipality can be registered on the permanent whitelist for every sector and the bus lanes; any other licensed car registers each entry by SMS. Inside the zone a private-hire car may stop with the driver on board but may not park, so be ready at the door at the agreed time.
Popular Pickup Points:
- • Your hotel or apartment address
- • Addresses inside the ZTL
- • Santa Maria Novella station
- • Florence Airport, after a flight in
Drop-off: Pisa Airport (PSA)
Pisa has one passenger terminal. Its two check-in areas, A and B, are both on the ground floor, with 34 desks between them. The short-stay car park facing the terminal, P3, is free for the first 10 minutes, which is enough to unload at the doors. The operator's plan rebuilds the terminal in three phases, moving arrivals into a new building and joining the old arrivals hall to departures, so follow the signs on the day and not an old map.
Popular Drop-off Points:
- • Check-in area A, ground floor
- • Check-in area B, ground floor
- • P3 short-stay car park, facing the terminal
- • Terminal open to the public from 04:00
Local Route Knowledge
Practical intelligence from carriers who drive this route regularly.
Best Travel Times
Work back from the flight, not from a timetable. The 74 minutes on this page is a free-flow figure, and we found no road authority figure for a peak hour on either road, so agree the pickup time with your carrier and leave room on a weekday morning or a summer Saturday. Summer is the busy side of the year at Pisa: August 2025 carried 2.4 times January's passengers.
Traffic Patterns
The free road is a working road. The FI-PI-LI carries more than 50,000 vehicles a day, 17% of them heavy, on two lanes each way, and its own manager describes it as ageing fast under that traffic. The A11 and A12 are the alternative when it is slow: 25 km longer, €8.00 in tolls and 2 minutes slower on an empty road.
Road & Border Notes
No border. The FI-PI-LI is free for cars; Regione Toscana has said a toll for lorries only could be looked at from 2028, and none is in force. The A11 toll is €8.00 for a car from Firenze Ovest to Pisa Centro, the motorway exit signed for the airport, and tolls are revised every year. Leaving Florence, the ZTL gates are on from 07:30 to 20:00 Monday to Friday and 07:30 to 16:00 on Saturday.
Carrier Tip
Give the flight's departure time, not only a pickup time, and let the carrier propose when to leave. Ask whether the total covers the motorway toll if the free road is slow that morning, and whether the car is on Florence's ZTL whitelist or will register the entry.
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- Pickup at your Florence address, inside the ZTL once the car is on the whitelist or has registered the entry
- A pickup time agreed against your flight's departure, not against a timetable
- Luggage loaded once at the door and unloaded at departures
- The motorway toll stated in the offer, in case the free road is slow
- Drop-off at the terminal doors at Pisa Airport
- A vehicle sized to your group and your cases, chosen in advance; if a larger group needs a minibus, have the carrier confirm door access inside the ZTL
- Child seats on request, with each child's age in the booking notes
- The arrival leg from the airport quoted at the same time, if you ask for it up front
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| Option | Price From | Duration | Convenience | Luggage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Transfer | Quote per vehicle in advance | ~1h 14min free flow, no changes, at your hour | Loaded once at your door | |
| Florence taxi, metered | No fixed fare; €2.10 per km outside the city, tolls extra | ~1h 14min free flow, no changes | Car-sized; ask before you set off | |
| Train and Pisa Mover | €16.30 per person on one ticket | 1h 08min to 1h 40min in the morning, one change | Carried to the station and through Pisa Centrale | |
| Direct coach | €14.99 per person by day | About 60 min from the Guidoni tram stop | Starts at a tram stop by day; about 15 min by tram first |
When to Travel This Route
Demand, pricing, and what to expect across the year.
Winter (Dec-Feb)
Low DemandJanuary was the quietest month at Pisa Airport in 2025, with 282,735 passengers. Florence's summer night ZTL is off, so only the daytime gate hours apply to a pickup in the centre. An early flight is the same problem in any month: the first rail connection we found reaches the airport after the flight window has opened.
- Quietest months at the airport
- Daytime ZTL hours only in Florence
- Early flights need a car in any season
Spring (Mar-May)
Medium DemandThe airport steps up in April: 545,397 passengers in April 2025 against 369,591 in March. Florence's night ZTL starts on the first Thursday of April, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, which matters for a pickup before dawn after one of those nights. Give the carrier the street address so the right car is sent.
- Airport traffic steps up in April
- Florence night ZTL from the first Thursday of April
- Put the street address in the request
Summer (Jun-Aug)
Peak DemandAugust was the busiest month at Pisa in 2025, with 679,242 passengers, and the busiest single day was Saturday 28 June, with 26,705. The drive times here are free flow and the car shares both roads with everyone else. Book the transfer when you book the flight, and agree a pickup time with room in it.
- Busiest months at the airport
- Busiest day of 2025 was a Saturday
- Night ZTL on Thursday to Saturday nights
Autumn (Sep-Nov)
High DemandOctober 2025 still carried 557,089 passengers before the drop to 346,717 in November. Florence's night ZTL ends on the first Sunday of October. The public times on this page were sampled in October 2026; check them again for your own date, or let a car make them irrelevant.
- October still busy at the airport
- Night ZTL ends the first Sunday of October
- Public times sampled October 2026
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Important Information
Early Flights from Pisa
The airport's flight window opens at 06:00 and its terminal at 04:00. A private car leaves Florence when your flight needs it to. On the three days we sampled in October 2026, the first train and Pisa Mover connection left Santa Maria Novella at 04:30 and reached the airport at 06:08 on the Tuesday and the Saturday; on the Sunday the first left at 05:35 and arrived at 06:48. The direct coach left the station at 03:15 and arrived at 04:15, and the next one arrived at 08:00.
Pickup Inside the Florence ZTL
A taxi or private-hire car licensed by a Tuscan municipality can be registered on Florence's permanent whitelist and may then enter every sector. Any other licensed car registers its plate by SMS before each entry, for €1. A private-hire car may stop with the driver on board but may not park, so be at the door with the cases at the agreed time. Those rules are for cars and vehicles under 3.5 tonnes; minibuses and coaches come under separate rules, so a larger group should have the carrier confirm door access.
Two Roads, One Toll
The FI-PI-LI dual carriageway is 81 km, free for cars and has its own exit for the airport. The motorway line, A11 then A12, is 106 km and costs a car €8.00 from Firenze Ovest to Pisa Centro. In free-flowing traffic they take 74 and 76 minutes. Ask the carrier to state in the offer whether the toll is included, so the road can be chosen on the day without changing your price.
Pisa or Florence Airport
Check which airport your flight leaves from. Florence Airport is 7 km from Santa Maria Novella and Pisa Airport is 81 km by the shorter road, and the same company runs both. Pisa is the larger, with 5.9 million passengers in 2025 against 3.8 million, and its operator describes it as the one for low-cost holiday traffic.
Where You Are Dropped at Pisa
Pisa has one passenger terminal, with check-in areas A and B on the ground floor. The short-stay car park facing the terminal is free for the first 10 minutes. The operator's plan rebuilds the terminal in three phases, so the door for departures may not be where an older guide puts it. If you have hours to spare, the airport's left luggage is open from 08:00 to 20:00 and costs €10 a day for a bag under 70 cm.
Taxis: No Fixed Fare to Pisa
The fixed taxi fare the Comune di Firenze publishes is for the run between the centre and Florence Airport. Beyond the city and its neighbouring communes a Florence taxi charges €2.10 per km and the passenger pays any motorway toll, so the total to Pisa is whatever the meter reaches. Ask the driver for the expected total before you set off. A private transfer is quoted as one total per vehicle in advance.
Luggage on the Public Options
On the rail route you carry the cases from the hotel to Santa Maria Novella, onto the train, across Pisa Centrale and onto the Pisa Mover. By day the coach boards at the Guidoni tram stop, so the cases ride a tram first. A private car takes what the vehicle you booked takes, so put the number of cases in the booking notes.
Child Seats
Carriers provide child seats on request, but you need to book them. Put each child's age in the booking notes, because a booster and a rear-facing infant seat are different equipment. Confirm the seat is in the offer before you pay.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take from Florence to Pisa Airport by car?
About 74 minutes in free-flowing traffic, measured from Santa Maria Novella station to the airport forecourt on the FI-PI-LI dual carriageway, 81 km. The motorway line by the A11 and A12 is 106 km and takes 76 minutes on an empty road. Those are free-flow figures, so agree the pickup time with your carrier and leave room on a weekday morning.
How do I get from Florence to Pisa Airport for an early morning flight?
By car, if the flight is among the first of the day. The airport's flight window opens at 06:00. On the days we sampled in October 2026, the first train and Pisa Mover connection from Santa Maria Novella reached the airport at 06:08, or 06:48 on the Sunday, and the direct coach arrived at 04:15 or not until 08:00. A private transfer leaves your door at the time your flight needs and takes about 74 minutes in free-flowing traffic.
Is there a direct train from Florence to Pisa Airport?
No. Regional trains run from Firenze Santa Maria Novella to Pisa Centrale, and the Pisa Mover covers the last stretch to the airport in about 5 minutes. One through ticket costs €16.30, and the morning connections we sampled in October 2026 took between 1h 08min and 1h 40min. It starts at the station; a private transfer starts at your door.
Where does the bus to Pisa Airport leave from in Florence?
By day, from the Guidoni stop of tram line T2, outside the centre, not from Santa Maria Novella. The direct coach takes about 60 minutes and costs €14.99, and Guidoni is about 15 minutes from the station by tram on a €2.00 ticket. On the days we sampled in October 2026 there were 6 to 9 departures a day, the last at 18:15 on the Saturday and 19:30 on the Tuesday and the Sunday. A private transfer collects you at your address.
How much is a taxi from Florence to Pisa Airport?
There is no fixed fare. The fixed taxi fare the Comune di Firenze publishes is for the run between the centre and Florence Airport; outside the city and its neighbouring communes the tariff is €2.10 per km, and the passenger pays any motorway toll, €8.00 for a car on the A11. Ask the driver for the expected total before you set off. A private transfer is quoted per vehicle in advance, sized to your group and luggage.
Is the road from Florence to Pisa Airport a toll road?
Not the shorter one. The FI-PI-LI dual carriageway, 81 km, is free for cars and has its own exit for the airport. The motorway alternative, A11 then A12, costs a car €8.00 from Firenze Ovest to Pisa Centro in 2026 and is 25 km longer. With a private transfer, ask for the offer to state whether the toll is included.
How far is Florence from Pisa Airport?
81 km by the FI-PI-LI dual carriageway and 106 km by the A11 and A12 motorways, both measured from Santa Maria Novella station to the airport forecourt. In free-flowing traffic the drive takes about 74 minutes by the first and 76 by the second. Florence's own airport is 7 km from the same station, so check which one your flight leaves from.
Can a private transfer collect me from a hotel inside the Florence ZTL?
Yes. A taxi or private-hire car licensed by a Tuscan municipality can be registered on Florence's permanent whitelist for every sector of its limited traffic zone, and any other licensed car gets in by registering its plate by SMS before each entry, at €1 a time. The car may stop with the driver on board but may not park, so be ready at the door. Give the street address when you post the trip.
Where will the driver drop me at Pisa Airport?
At the passenger terminal. Pisa has one, with check-in areas A and B both on the ground floor, and the short-stay car park facing it is free for the first 10 minutes. The operator's plan rebuilds the terminal in three phases, so follow the signs for departures on the day. The terminal opens to the public at 04:00.
How much does a private transfer from Florence to Pisa Airport cost?
TransferBnB does not publish a fixed price for this route. You post the trip with your flight time, passenger count, luggage and the exact address, and verified carriers send offers per vehicle that you compare before you pay. The offer should state whether the €8.00 motorway toll is included.
Why Book This Route?
- • The car leaves when your flight needs it to, on a route where the first train and mover connection we found reaches the airport at 06:08 and the airport's flight window opens at 06:00
- • You are collected at your street address in Florence, inside the ZTL too, by a licensed car that is on the city's whitelist or registers the entry
- • One leg instead of a walk to the station, a train, Pisa Centrale and a mover, with the cases loaded once
- • A total per vehicle agreed in advance, where a Florence taxi charges €2.10 per km outside the city and the toll on top
- • Verified carriers compete for the job, and you see the vehicle and the confirmed total, toll included or not, before you pay
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