# Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU / VECC)

**Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport** (IATA: CCU, ICAO: VECC) is a large airport in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It opened on 21 Dec 1924. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,633 m (11,919 ft). It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CCU / VECC
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Opened: 21 Dec 1924 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 5 m / 16 ft
- Coordinates: 22.6540, 88.4476
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,633 m / 11,919 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netaji_Subhas_Chandra_Bose_International_Airport (42 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q388535
- Weather station: VECC · WMO 42809
- Ident: VECC

## Timeline

- 21 Dec 1924: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport opens.
- 2 May 1953: BOAC Flight 783. 43 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01R/19L | 3,633 m / 11,919 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 006° / 186° | yes |
| 01L/19R | 2,832 m / 9,291 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 006° / 186° | yes |

## Routes

71 destinations in 12 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (67)

- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 239 km / 149 mi · IndiGo
- [DGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedo.md) Deoghar Airport · India · 267 km / 166 mi · IndiGo
- [IXA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veat.md) Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport · India · 317 km / 197 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [IXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/verc.md) Birsa Munda Airport · India · 328 km / 204 mi · IndiGo
- [VEPU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vepu.md) Purnea Airport · India · 361 km / 224 mi · IndiGo, Star Air (India)
- [BBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebs.md) Biju Patnaik International Airport · India · 382 km / 237 mi · IndiGo
- [RUP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veru.md) Rupsi Airport · India · 415 km / 258 mi · Alliance Air
- [GAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegy.md) Gaya Airport · India · 425 km / 264 mi · IndiGo
- [AJL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/velp.md) Lengpui Airport · India · 446 km / 277 mi · IndiGo
- [IXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebd.md) Bagdogra Airport · India · 448 km / 278 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [JRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vejh.md) Jharsuguda Airport · India · 460 km / 286 mi · IndiGo
- [DBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedh.md) Darbhanga Airport · India · 470 km / 292 mi · IndiGo
- [PAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vept.md) Jay Prakash Narayan Airport · India · 472 km / 293 mi · IndiGo
- [SHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebi.md) Shillong Airport · India · 493 km / 306 mi · IndiGo
- [GAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegt.md) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · India · 498 km / 309 mi · IndiGo, Alliance Air, Air India Express
- [GLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqgp.md) Gelephu Airport · Bhutan · 513 km / 319 mi · Drukair
- [IXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veku.md) Silchar Airport · India · 525 km / 326 mi · IndiGo
- [PBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqpr.md) Paro International Airport · Bhutan · 537 km / 334 mi · Bhutan Airlines, Drukair
- [AHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0393.md) Maa Mahamaya Airport · India · 539 km / 335 mi · Alliance Air
- [IMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veim.md) Bir Tikendrajit International Airport · India · 602 km / 374 mi · IndiGo, Alliance Air, Air India Express
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 641 km / 398 mi · Buddha Air
- [VNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebn.md) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport · India · 647 km / 402 mi · IndiGo
- [DMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vemr.md) Dimapur Airport · India · 648 km / 403 mi · IndiGo
- [PAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebu.md) Bilaspur Airport · India · 656 km / 408 mi · Alliance Air
- [GOP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegk.md) Gorakhpur Airport · India · 679 km / 422 mi · IndiGo
- [HGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0308.md) Itanagar Donyi Polo Hollongi Airport · India · 710 km / 441 mi · IndiGo
- [RPR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/varp.md) Swami Vivekananda Airport · India · 711 km / 442 mi · IndiGo
- [VTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vovi.md) Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag) · India · 733 km / 455 mi · IndiGo
- [JRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vejt.md) Jorhat Airport · India · 735 km / 457 mi · IndiGo
- [REW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/va1g.md) Rewa Airport, Chorhata, REWA · India · 765 km / 475 mi · Alliance Air
- [IXI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/velr.md) Lilabari North Lakhimpur Airport · India · 768 km / 477 mi · Alliance Air
- [DIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vemn.md) Dibrugarh Airport · India · 852 km / 529 mi · IndiGo
- [JLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vajb.md) Jabalpur Airport · India · 862 km / 536 mi · Alliance Air
- [LKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vilk.md) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport · India · 889 km / 552 mi · IndiGo
- [NAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vanp.md) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport · India · 985 km / 612 mi · IndiGo
- [VGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobz.md) Vijayawada International Airport · India · 1,051 km / 653 mi · IndiGo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,208 km / 751 mi · IndiGo
- [IDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaid.md) Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport · India · 1,297 km / 806 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [HDO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidx.md) Hindon Airport / Hindon Air Force Station · India · 1,298 km / 807 mi · IndiGo
- [IXZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vopb.md) Veer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh · India · 1,306 km / 812 mi · Akasa Air, Air India Express
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,313 km / 816 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India, SpiceJet
- [DED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidn.md) Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport · India · 1,321 km / 821 mi · IndiGo
- [JAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vijp.md) Jaipur International Airport · India · 1,357 km / 843 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 1,386 km / 861 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express
- [IXC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vicg.md) Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport · India · 1,460 km / 907 mi · IndiGo
- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 1,497 km / 930 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,547 km / 961 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express, SpiceJet
- [PNQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vapo.md) Pune International Airport · India · 1,577 km / 980 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express
- [DMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbd.md) Don Mueang International Airport · Thailand · 1,609 km / 1,000 mi · Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 1,620 km / 1,007 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- [STV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vasu.md) Surat International Airport · India · 1,629 km / 1,012 mi · IndiGo
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 1,637 km / 1,017 mi · IndiGo, Thai Airways, Thai Vietjet Air, Bhutan Airlines
- [NMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0276.md) Navi Mumbai International Airport · India · 1,649 km / 1,025 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,666 km / 1,035 mi · IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India, SpiceJet
- [ATQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/viar.md) Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport · India · 1,682 km / 1,045 mi · IndiGo
- [GOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voga.md) Manohar International Airport · India · 1,712 km / 1,064 mi · IndiGo
- [GOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vogo.md) Goa Dabolim International Airport · India · 1,735 km / 1,078 mi · IndiGo
- [HAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvnb.md) Noi Bai International Airport · Vietnam · 1,797 km / 1,117 mi · IndiGo
- [SXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/visr.md) Srinagar International Airport · India · 1,835 km / 1,140 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express, SpiceJet
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 1,930 km / 1,199 mi · IndiGo
- [SAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vdsa.md) Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport · Cambodia · 1,959 km / 1,217 mi · IndiGo
- [SGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvts.md) Tan Son Nhat International Airport · Vietnam · 2,339 km / 1,453 mi · IndiGo
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 2,541 km / 1,579 mi · IndiGo
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 2,904 km / 1,804 mi · IndiGo
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,365 km / 2,091 mi · flydubai, Emirates
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 3,425 km / 2,128 mi · IndiGo
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,443 km / 2,139 mi · Etihad Airways, Air Arabia

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 4,945 km / 3,073 mi · flyadeal

### Cargo (9)

- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 239 km / 149 mi · IndiGo
- [GAU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vegt.md) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport · India · 498 km / 309 mi · Blue Dart Aviation
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,313 km / 816 mi · Blue Dart Aviation
- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 1,497 km / 930 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,666 km / 1,035 mi · Blue Dart Aviation
- [SGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvts.md) Tan Son Nhat International Airport · Vietnam · 2,339 km / 1,453 mi · IndiGo
- [EHU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhec.md) Ezhou Huahu International Airport · China · 2,773 km / 1,723 mi · IndiGo
- [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 3,282 km / 2,039 mi · YTO Cargo Airlines
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,743 km / 2,326 mi · Qatar Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CCU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- AI [Air India](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india) · 2
- [Zav Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zav-airways)

### Passenger (19)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 55
- IX [Air India Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india-express) · 11
- 9I [Alliance Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-air) · 8
- QP [Akasa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/akasa-air) · 7
- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 5
- B3 [Bhutan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bhutan-airlines) · 2
- KB [Drukair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/drukair) · 2
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1
- U4 [Buddha Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/buddha-air) · 1
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 1 · seasonal charter
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- [Star Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/star-air) · 1
- FD [Thai AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airasia) · 1
- TG [Thai Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airways) · 1
- SL [Thai Lion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-lion-air) · 1
- VZ [Thai Vietjet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-vietjet-air) · 1

### Cargo (3)

- BZ [Blue Dart Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/blue-dart-aviation) · 3
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- YG [YTO Cargo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yto-cargo-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Jet Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet-airways).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,633 m / 11,919 ft | #366 of 29,858 | #107 in Asia | #12 in IN |
| Elevation | 5 m / 16 ft | =41,727 of 43,403 | =2,983 in Asia | =289 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1924 | =231 of 15,079 | =12 in Asia | #2 in IN |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =2 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | KOLKATA CON | 119.300 |
| APP | KOLKATA APP | 127.900 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.400 |
| GND | KOLKATA GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | KOLKATA TWR | 118.100 |
| RADAR | Feeder AREA-APP | 127.300 |
| APP CONTROL | KOLKATA CONTROL | 132.450 |
| ACC | Kolkata Radar | 132.350 |
| Oceanic | Kolkata Control | 132.450 |
| ACC | Kolkata Radar | 133.750 |
| ACC | Kolkata Radar | 120.575 |

## Nearby airports

- [VEPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vepi.md) Barrackpore Air Force Station · 17 km / 10 mi
- [VEBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veba.md) Behala Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [JSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgjr.md) Jessore Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [VEDX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedx.md) Kharagpur Airport / Kalaikunda Air Force Station · 131 km / 82 mi
- [VEPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veph.md) Panagarh Air Force Station · 139 km / 86 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netaji_Subhas_Chandra_Bose_International_Airport&oldid=1376828592), revision of 26 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc/data