Pisa Airport to Florence

Pisa has one passenger terminal and arrivals are on its ground floor. Your driver meets you there, not at the taxi rank on the arrivals side, which is for taxis. The airport names no waiting bay for private-hire cars, and the short-stay car park facing the terminal is free for the first 10 minutes and €5.00 up to 30 minutes, so a driver waiting for a delayed flight parks there. Arrivals are due to move into a new building beside the terminal, which the operator expected to finish in summer 2026. Check which hall is in use and confirm the exact meeting point with your carrier in the booking chat before you fly.

The motorway line, A12 then A11, is 104 km and costs a car €8.00 between the Pisa Centro and Firenze Ovest toll stations. The FI-PI-LI dual carriageway is 81 km and free for cars. In free-flowing traffic they take 74 and 75 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.

Florence Airport is 7 km and 14 minutes from Santa Maria Novella in free flow; Pisa Airport is 81 to 104 km and about 74 minutes. If your airline flies to Florence, that is the nearer airport for the city. Pisa is the larger of the two, 5.9 million passengers in 2025 against 3.8 million, and the operator of both describes it as the one for low-cost holiday traffic. If the flight you want lands at Pisa, this is the drive.

Florence's runway is 1,560 m long, and its operator counts about 1,000 go-arounds and diversions together in one year, which it ties to tailwinds. Separately, it says fog and low visibility cancel Florence flights or divert them to Pisa or to airports in other regions. Ask the airline first what it offers from Pisa. If you had a transfer booked from Florence Airport, message the carrier as soon as the diversion is announced: Florence Airport to Pisa Airport is about 100 km and 68 minutes by road in free flow, so the car needs the notice.

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. 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. If you drive a hire car instead, the hotel has to register your plate, and the car may stop for 30 minutes.

Give the carrier your flight number and a delay moves the pickup with it. The airport's flight window takes arrivals until 23:59, and late flights are still handled after midnight. On the three days we sampled in October 2026, the last Pisa Mover and train connection left the airport at 22:10 and reached Santa Maria Novella at 23:50. A coach left at 23:59 on each of those days, for €21.99, and at night it runs to Santa Maria Novella, which is still not your hotel.

On the rail route you handle the cases yourself at every step: onto the Pisa Mover, across Pisa Centrale, onto the train and out at Santa Maria Novella. The day coach ends at a tram stop, so the cases go onto a tram as well. A private car takes what the vehicle you booked takes, so put the number of cases in the booking notes.

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.

About 74 minutes in free-flowing traffic, measured from the airport forecourt to Santa Maria Novella station. Two roads do it in almost the same time: the A12 and A11 motorways in 74 minutes and the FI-PI-LI dual carriageway in 75. Those are free-flow figures, so allow longer on a summer Saturday. A private transfer ends at your address rather than at the station.

It depends on the road: 81 km by the FI-PI-LI dual carriageway and 104 km by the A12 and A11 motorways, both measured from the airport forecourt to Santa Maria Novella station. The figure of about 80 km that most guides quote is the FI-PI-LI only. The motorway line is 23 km longer and takes the same time to within a minute in free-flowing traffic.

One of the two is. The A11 motorway costs a car €8.00 between the Pisa Centro and Firenze Ovest toll stations in 2026. The FI-PI-LI dual carriageway is free for cars: Regione Toscana has said a toll for lorries only could be looked at from 2028, and none is in force. With a private transfer, ask for the offer to state whether the toll is included.

No. No train leaves the airport itself: the Pisa Mover takes about 5 minutes to Pisa Centrale, and regional trains run from there to Firenze Santa Maria Novella. One through ticket covers both for €16.30, and the fastest connection takes 1h 11min. On the days we sampled in October 2026 the last connection left the airport at 22:10. It ends at the station; a private transfer ends at your door.

By day, at the Guidoni stop of tram line T2, outside the centre. The direct coach takes about 60 minutes with no intermediate stops and costs €14.99, and from Guidoni the tram to Santa Maria Novella takes about 15 minutes more on a €2.00 ticket. Departures late in the evening run to Santa Maria Novella itself. A private transfer goes to your address in one vehicle.

There is no fixed fare. Pisa Airport says taxi fares are variable and that drivers must run the meter on every ride, and it publishes no price to Florence. Ask the driver for the expected total before you set off, and whether it covers the €8.00 toll on the A11. A private transfer is quoted per vehicle before you fly, sized to your group and luggage.

Florence Airport is nearer: 7 km and 14 minutes from Santa Maria Novella station in free-flowing traffic, against 81 to 104 km and about 74 minutes from Pisa Airport. Pisa is the larger airport, with 5.9 million passengers in 2025 against 3.8 million, and its operator describes it as the one for low-cost holiday traffic. Choose by where your airline flies: if it lands at Pisa, a private car does the drive in one vehicle from arrivals to your door.

Ask the airline first what it is offering from Pisa. On your own, the choices are the Pisa Mover and a regional train to Santa Maria Novella for €16.30, the direct coach, or a car, which takes about 74 minutes in free-flowing traffic. The last rail connection left Pisa Airport at 22:10 on the days we sampled in October 2026. If a transfer was booked from Florence Airport, message the carrier at once: the two airports are about 100 km apart by road.

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. Either car may stop with the driver on board but may not park, so it sets you down and leaves. Give the street address when you post the trip.

At arrivals, on the ground floor of the one passenger terminal. The taxi rank on the arrivals side is for taxis, and the airport names no waiting bay or meeting point for private-hire cars. Arrivals are also due to move into a new building beside the terminal, which the operator expected to finish in summer 2026, so check which hall is in use. Confirm the exact meeting point with your carrier in the booking chat before you fly.

TransferBnB does not publish a fixed price for this route. You post the trip with your flight, 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.