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Delhi to Kolkata: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Indira Gandhi to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose is 1,313 km of great circle — 816 mi — and an estimated 2h 08m in the air. Both ends are in Asia.

Great circle
1,313 km
816 mi
Estimated in the air
2h 08m
block time
Furthest from equator
28.6°N
at 0% along
One lap of Earth
3.3%
of 40,075 km

Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 230th longest.

The Delhi to Kolkata route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

What the aircraft actually flies over

From Delhi the path crosses India.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 28.6°N, 0% of the way along.

Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.

The heading barely moves: south-east out of Delhi, south-east into Kolkata. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.

From

DEL

Indira Gandhi

Delhi, India · Asia

28.6°N, 77.1°E

To

CCU

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Kolkata, India · Asia

22.7°N, 88.4°E

Delhi to Kolkata, asked and answered

How far is Delhi to Kolkata?
Delhi to Kolkata (DEL to CCU) is 1,313 km, or 816 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
How long is the flight from Delhi to Kolkata?
About 2h 08m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
What route does a Delhi to Kolkata flight take?
The great circle passes over India. It reaches 28.6°N at its furthest from the equator.

Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

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