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DEL Delhi ⇄ CCU Kolkata

Indira Gandhi International Airport (India) and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (India): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,313 km816 mi709 nautical miles
DEL → CCU2 h 30 minestimated block time
CCU → DEL2 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hKolkata vs Delhi, today
Great-circle route from Delhi (DEL) to Kolkata (CCU)DELDelhiCCUKolkata
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

DEL → CCU

2 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 117° (ESE).

Leave Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Kolkata Sat 7 Nov, 12:30 local.

CCU → DEL

2 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 302° (WNW).

Leave Kolkata Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 12:40 local.

The two directions differ by 11 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,313 km · 816 mi · 709 nmi
Initial heading117° (ESE) from DEL; 302° (WNW) from CCU
Farthest from the equator28.6°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip7% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DELAsia/Kolkata — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
CCUAsia/Kolkata — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceKolkata is on the same clock as Delhi today.

Jet lag, flying DEL → CCU. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

DEL Indira Gandhi International AirportDelhi, India · longest runway 14,534 ft4,430 m CCU Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportKolkata, India · longest runway 11,919 ft3,633 m

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Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).