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

Indira Gandhi to Tribhuvan is 816 km of great circle — 507 mi — and an estimated 1h 31m in the air. Both ends are in Asia.

Great circle
816 km
507 mi
Estimated in the air
1h 31m
block time
Furthest from equator
28.6°N
at 0% along
One lap of Earth
2.0%
of 40,075 km

Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 263rd longest.

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

What the aircraft actually flies over

From Delhi the path crosses India, then Nepal.

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: east out of Delhi, east into Kathmandu. 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

KTM

Tribhuvan

Kathmandu, Nepal · Asia

27.7°N, 85.4°E

Delhi to Kathmandu, asked and answered

How far is Delhi to Kathmandu?
Delhi to Kathmandu (DEL to KTM) is 816 km, or 507 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
How long is the flight from Delhi to Kathmandu?
About 1h 31m 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 Kathmandu flight take?
The great circle passes over India, then Nepal. 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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