CCU to GAU: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Kolkata to Guwahati?

The great-circle distance between Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) and Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) is 498 km (310 mi, 269 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 GAU?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 5m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. GAU is roughly northeast of CCU.

How is the CCU to GAU route written in code?

The pair is written CCU-GAU in IATA codes and VECC-VEGT in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is CCU (VECC), Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport is GAU (VEGT).

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.

GAU sits 146 ft (45 m) higher than CCU, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying CCU to GAU

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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