--- title: "Delhi to Kolkata (DEL → CCU): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Delhi to Kolkata is 1,313 km (816 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 08m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map." url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/del-to-ccu --- DEL → CCU # 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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), 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. One economy seat on it is about 195 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [DEL–CCU carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=DEL&to=CCU) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=DEL-CCU) From DEL ## Indira Gandhi Delhi, India · Asia 28.6°N, 77.1°E [DEL airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/del) [Flights to Delhi →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/delhi) To CCU ## Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Kolkata, India · Asia 22.7°N, 88.4°E [CCU airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/ccu) ## 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. [Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained) ## Flown this one? Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Nearby routes [DEL → BOM Delhi to Mumbai 1,137 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/del-to-bom) [DEL → BLR Delhi to Bangalore 1,709 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/del-to-blr) [DEL → KTM Delhi to Kathmandu 816 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/del-to-ktm) [DEL → DXB Delhi to Dubai 2,182 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/del-to-dxb) [FRA → DEL Frankfurt to Delhi 6,122 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-del) [LHR → DEL London to Delhi 6,731 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-del) ## Further reading [How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/del-to-ccu for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt