Aéroport de Phuket vers Mai Khao : prix taxi, Grab et minivan (septembre 2026)
$8–$18 by taxi counter (range only), $32 for a private minivan — one way from Phuket International Airport to Mai Khao, 8 km, ≈ 25 min, septembre 2026 revision. Medians with sample sizes; a range without a median where fewer than five sources priced the route.
Aller simple depuis l’aéroport, de jour, en USD ; bas–haut correspond aux 25e–75e centiles de l’échantillon ou à la fourchette publiée. Médiane uniquement à partir de cinq sources indépendantes.
Formule
Unité
Médiane
Bas – haut
n
Relevé
Airport taxi counter
per car
fourchette seule
$8–$18
4
septembre 2026
Grab / Bolt
per car
fourchette seule
$6–$14
2
septembre 2026
Private minivan
per vehicle, up to 6
$32
$15–$55
7
septembre 2026
Shared minibus
per seat
—
—
—
—
Smart Bus
per person
—
—
—
—
au septembre 2026. A dash means no published observation for Mai Khao; "fourchette seule" means fewer than five independent sources, so the median is withheld.
Source: Phuket Travel Price Index, transfers series · Toutes les sources
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Réponse courte
For one or two travellers no car option to Mai Khao has a published median in the septembre 2026 revision — fewer than five independent sources priced the route. The taxi counter was observed at $8–$18 per car (n = 4, median withheld) and a ride-hailing range of $6–$14 (n = 2, median withheld). On the counter board Mai Khao is priced in one zone with Nai Yang and Nai Thon: 250–600 THB per car in the 2026 zone lists, median withheld under five sources (n = 4), the 100 THB airport surcharge included.
For three or more, a private minivan at $32 (range $15–$55, n = 7) per vehicle is $11 a head with three, $8 with four and $5 with six, luggage included and the driver waiting at the exit with a name board. Two cars are the alternative for five or six; without a car median here the comparison is left open.
No per-seat option is priced to Mai Khao: no Smart Bus along the beach road; the Airport Bus Express to Phuket Town leaves from the terminal.
Temps de trajet
Mai Khao is 8 km from Phuket International Airport by road. The site's model puts the transfer at ≈ 25 min: 1.4 × the road distance at 40 km/h plus 10 minutes to leave the terminal, rounded to five — indicative, not measured. Residents plan for about 15 minutes to the southern resorts and 25 to the northern ones. The driver takes the Thepkasattri highway north and the long, flat beach road.
Où se situe exactement Mai Khao
Mai Khao is on the nord of Phuket — Eleven kilometres of near-empty beach in the north; large resorts spaced far apart and a turtle-nesting season. Its neighbours are Nai Yang (4 km from the airport). On the counter board Mai Khao is priced in one zone with Nai Yang and Nai Thon: 250–600 THB per car in the 2026 zone lists, median withheld under five sources (n = 4), the 100 THB airport surcharge included.
Drivers come from the airport rank. Smart Bus: no Smart Bus along the beach road; the Airport Bus Express to Phuket Town leaves from the terminal. Ride-hailing cars pick up from the designated zone outside the terminal, not at the taxi rank; the taxi counter and the shared-minibus desks are inside the arrivals hall, and a pre-booked minivan driver waits at the exit with a name board.
Quartiers voisins
The one neighbouring area is Nai Yang, 4 km: taxi $9–$18 (range only). A hotel just over the district line is priced from its own zone, so check which side of it the address falls on before choosing the counter.
Retour à l’aéroport depuis Mai Khao
The return is usually cheaper than the arrival: a ride-hailing quote from Mai Khao to the airport carries no airport surcharge, hotels arrange cars at or near the index rates, and a pre-booked minivan costs the same per vehicle in either direction. Allow the same ≈ 25 min plus check-in; in the December–February peak, when the airport handles its busiest months, three hours before an international departure is not excessive. From the south a driver who knows the island takes the bypass rather than the coast road in the evening rush.
What stands behind the Mai Khao figures
The 3 options priced to Mai Khao in the septembre 2026 revision rest on 13 independent source observations: Airport taxi counter n = 4, Grab / Bolt n = 2, Private minivan n = 7. One of them carries a published median; the rest show the observed range only — either fewer than five independent sources priced Mai Khao itself, or the range is a neighbouring zone's, which the index reproduces but never turns into a figure. Observations are read on the 1st and the 15th of each month from published counter zone lists, screenshot-based app quotes and operators' one-way price lists, quoted in baht and converted once at the reference rate recorded with the observation; low and high are the 25th and 75th percentiles or the published range, never the extremes.
Quartiers voisins
Aller simple depuis l’aéroport, de jour, en USD ; bas–haut correspond aux 25e–75e centiles de l’échantillon ou à la fourchette publiée. Médiane uniquement à partir de cinq sources indépendantes.
Time: indicative model: 1.4 × road km at 40 km/h plus 10 min to leave the terminal, rounded to 5 min — not a measured trip; evening traffic over the Kathu hill or a wet-season downpour can add half again.
Questions fréquentes
How much is a taxi from Phuket airport to Mai Khao?
No taxi median to Mai Khao is published in the septembre 2026 revision: the counter was observed at $8–$18 per car across n = 4 sources, fewer than the five the index requires. On the counter board Mai Khao is priced in one zone with Nai Yang and Nai Thon: 250–600 THB per car in the 2026 zone lists, median withheld under five sources (n = 4), the 100 THB airport surcharge included.
Does Grab work from Phuket airport to Mai Khao?
Yes — Grab and Bolt pick up from the ride-hailing zone outside the terminal and quote an upfront fare per car. Published quotes to Mai Khao were $6–$14 (n = 2, fewer than the five the index requires, so the median is withheld). Drivers come from the airport rank. Quotes rise after the evening arrival banks and in rain; the counter fare is the fixed fallback.
Is a private minivan worth it to Mai Khao?
$32 per vehicle for up to six with luggage (range $15–$55, n = 7), $8 a head with four. The point of paying more is the driver at the exit with a name board — no queue, no negotiation.
How long does it take from Phuket airport to Mai Khao?
≈ 25 min on the site's stated model (1.4 × 8 road km at 40 km/h plus 10 minutes), a planning figure for daytime traffic; residents plan for about 15 minutes to the southern resorts and 25 to the northern ones.