- IATA
- CCU
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- VECC
- used by air traffic control
- Routes here
- 1
- in the catalogue
- From the equator
- 2,519 km
- 7,489 km from the North pole
History & name
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is named after Subhas Chandra Bose (1897-1945), the Indian nationalist leader. Operated by Airports Authority of India, it lies 13 km from Kolkata at an elevation of 16 feet, with two runways up to 3,633 m.
Named afterSubhas Chandra Bose — Indian nationalist leader (1897-1945)
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
- Serves
- Kolkata, India
- City centre
- 13 km from Kolkata
- Operator
- Airports Authority of India
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 3,633 m
- Elevation
- 16 ft (5 m)
- Website
- nscbiairport.com ↗
Where it sits
22.7°N, 88.4°E puts CCU in the northern hemisphere, 2,519 km from the equator and 7,489 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 369th most northerly, which makes it the 293rd most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 22.7°S, 91.6°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Mataveri (IPC) in Chile, still 1,869 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 239 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from CCU
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | DEL | 1,313 km | 2h 08m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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