CCU to DEL: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Kolkata to New Delhi?

The great-circle distance between Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) and Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) is 1,313 km (816 mi, 709 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from CCU to DEL?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h 10m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. DEL is roughly northwest of CCU.

How is the CCU to DEL route written in code?

The pair is written CCU-DEL in IATA codes and VECC-VIDP in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is CCU (VECC), Indira Gandhi International Airport is DEL (VIDP).

Both ICAO codes start with V, the prefix ICAO assigns to South and Southeast Asia, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

DEL sits 761 ft (232 m) higher than CCU, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying CCU to DEL

4 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 4 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 2 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: 9W, S2.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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