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{{Short description|Airport serving Kolkata, West Bengal, India}}{{Redirect|Kolkata Airport||Kolkata (disambiguation)}}
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| name                = Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
| image               = External view of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.jpg
| image-width         = 300px
| IATA                = CCU
| ICAO                = VECC
| pushpin_map         = India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India
| pushpin_label       = '''CCU'''/VECC
| type                = Public
| owner-oper          = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| owner               = 
| opened              = {{start date and age|1924|12|21|df=yes}}
| city-served         = [[Kolkata Metropolitan Region]]
| location            = [[Dum Dum]], [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| hub                 = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[Air India Express]]
  | [[Blue Dart Aviation]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Blue Dart Aviation – Network and Hubs |url=https://www.bluedartaviation.com/network |website=Blue Dart Aviation |access-date=21 December 2025}}</ref>
  | [[IndiGo]]
  | [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]}}
| focus_city          = [[Air India]]
| operating_base      = [[SpiceJet]]
| elevation-f         = 16
| elevation-m         = 5
| metric-elev         = yes
| timezone            = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc                 = [[UTC+05:30]]
| built               = Early 1900s as the Calcutta Aerodrome
| coordinates         = {{coord|22|39|17|N|088|26|48|E|type:airport_region:IN-WB|display=inline,title}}
| website             = {{URL|www.nscbiairport.com}}
| r1-number           = 01L/19R
| r1-length-f         = 9,291
| r1-length-m         = 2,832
| r1-surface          = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| r2-number           = 01R/19L
| r2-length-f         = 11,919
| r2-length-m         = 3,633
| r2-surface          = Asphalt
| metric-rwy          = yes
| stat1-header        = Passengers
| stat1-data          = 21,831,118 ({{increase}} 10.3%)<!--Do not change or remove the figures, these are strictly as per the sources mentioned below and changing them will cause conflicting with sources.-->
| stat2-header        = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data          = 148,888 ({{increase}} 5.7%)
| stat3-header        = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data          = 165,617 ({{increase}} 9.2%)
| stat-year           = April 2024 - March 2025
| footnotes           = Source: [[Airports Authority of India|AAI]]<ref name="AAI3">{{cite web|title=Annexure III – Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex3.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex2.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex4.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref>
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'''Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport''' {{airport codes|CCU|VECC}} {{efn|{{IPA|bn|netad͡ʒi suβaʃ t͡ʃɔndro boʃu antord͡ʒatik bimanbɔndor}}}} is an [[international airport]] serving the city of [[Kolkata]] and the [[Kolkata metropolitan region|Kolkata metropolitan area]], the capital metropolis of the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is the primary aviation hub for [[East India|eastern]] and [[northeastern India]]. It is located in [[Dum Dum]] and in proximity to [[Jessore Road]], approximately {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Dalhousie Square]] and [[Howrah Junction]] via the [[Howrah Bridge]]. The airport was originally known as '''Dum Dum Airport''' before being renamed in 1995 after [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], one of the most prominent leaders of the [[Indian independence movement]]. The airport's [[IATA]] code ''CCU'' is associated with "Calcutta", the city's name until 2001. Opened in 1924, the airport is one of the oldest airports in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nscbiairport.com/additional_information/airport_info|title=NSCBI Airport, Dum Dum|website=nscbiaiport.com|access-date=1 April 2025}}</ref>

Spread over an area of {{convert|6.64|sqkm|sqmi}}, the airport is the largest hub for air traffic in the eastern part of the country and one of the four operational airports in the state, the others being [[Bagdogra Airport]] in [[Siliguri]], [[Cooch Behar Airport]] in [[Cooch Behar]] and [[Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport]] in [[Durgapur]]. The airport handled around 22 million passengers in the financial year 2024–25, making it the [[List of busiest airports in India|sixth-busiest airport in India]] in terms of passenger traffic, after [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]] and [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]] airports.<ref name="AAI3"/> The airport is also a major centre for flights to northeast India, [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Southeast Asia]] and the [[Middle East|Middle Eastern cities]] of [[Dubai]], [[Doha]] and [[Abu Dhabi]].

==History==
[[File:Subhas Chandra Bose arrives at Dum Dum aerodrome.jpg|thumb|270x270px|left|[[Subhas Chandra Bose]] at the airport in 1938|alt=]]

=== Early history ===
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport was founded in the early 1900s as the '''Calcutta Aerodrome'''.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://nscbikolkata.weebly.com/history.html|access-date=9 July 2020|website=Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport|archive-date=9 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209131705/http://nscbikolkata.weebly.com/history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The airport traditionally served as a strategic stopover on the air route from [[North America]] and [[Europe]] to [[Indochina]] and [[Australia]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Douglas DC-3|Dakota 3]] was the first aircraft to land in the airport.<ref name=":7" /> In 1924, [[KLM]] began scheduled stops at Calcutta, as part of their [[Amsterdam]] to Batavia ([[Jakarta]]) route.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amsterdam- Batavia Flight |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1924/1924%20-%200735.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511203746/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1924/1924%20-%200735.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 May 2009 |work=[[Flight Global]] |date=20 November 1924 |access-date=18 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Blue World|url=https://www.iflymagazine.com/en/magazines/usa/blueworld-1sthollandindie|access-date=14 July 2020|website=iFly KLM Magazine|language=en|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714222302/https://www.iflymagazine.com/en/magazines/usa/blueworld-1sthollandindie|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{cite web|date=5 November 1935|title=KNILM Time Table|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/knilm35e/kni35e-1.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217005103/http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/knilm35e/kni35e-1.jpg|archive-date=17 December 2018|access-date=14 July 2020|website=timetableimages.com}}</ref> The same year, a [[Royal Air Force]] aircraft landed in Calcutta as part of the first round-the-world expedition by any air force.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amsterdam- Round-The-World Flights |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1924/1924%20-%200288.html |work=[[Flight Global]] |date=22 May 1924 |access-date=18 September 2011 |archive-date=6 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306100929/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1924/1924%20-%200288.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":10">{{cite web|date=21 November 2018|title=5 Facts Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|url=http://www.airportsindia.online/5-facts-netaji-subhas-chandra-bose-international-airport/|access-date=14 July 2020|website=AirportsIndia {{!}} Magazine|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714221231/http://www.airportsindia.online/5-facts-netaji-subhas-chandra-bose-international-airport/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{cite web|last=PacificWrecks.com|title=Pacific Wrecks|url=http://pacificwrecks.com/|access-date=14 July 2020|website=pacificwrecks.com|language=en|archive-date=29 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123105/https://pacificwrecks.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The airport began as an open ground next to the [[Royal Artillery]] Armoury in [[Dum Dum]].<ref name=":11" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Dum Dum – Cathedral Relief Service|date=16 January 2017 |url=http://www.cathedralreliefservice.net/locations/dumdum/|access-date=14 July 2020|language=en-GB|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714192723/http://www.cathedralreliefservice.net/locations/dumdum/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NORTH 24 PARGANAS - WEST BENGAL TOURISM|url=https://www.wbtourismgov.in/destination/district/north_24_parganas|access-date=7 December 2019|website=www.wbtourismgov.in|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608011413/https://www.wbtourismgov.in/destination/district/north_24_parganas|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=30 December 2013|title=esq {{!}} air ministry {{!}} flying officer {{!}} 1920 {{!}} 0415 {{!}} Flight Archive|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%200415.html|access-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230142754/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%200415.html|archive-date=30 December 2013}}</ref> Sir [[Stanley Jackson (cricketer)|Stanley Jackson]], Governor of Bengal, opened the Bengal Flying Club at Dum Dum/Calcutta aerodrome in February 1929.<ref>{{cite web|date=6 March 2012|title=aero club {{!}} aeroplane club {{!}} flying club {{!}} 1929 {{!}} 0480 {{!}} Flight Archive|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929%20-%200480.html|access-date=9 July 2020|website=Flight Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306112810/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929%20-%200480.html|archive-date=6 March 2012}}</ref> In 1930, the airfield was made fit for use throughout the year,<ref>{{cite news |title=State of Air Transport in the British Empire |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%201033.html |work=[[Flight Global]] |date=29 August 1930 |access-date=18 September 2011 |archive-date=6 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306100256/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%201033.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and other airlines began to utilise the airport. [[Air Orient]] began scheduled stops as part of a Paris to [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]] route<ref>{{cite news |title=1930 Histoire d'Air Orient. |url=http://gap.air.orient.pagesperso-orange.fr/Air%20Orient%20historique.htm |access-date=18 September 2011 |archive-date=17 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817010029/http://gap.air.orient.pagesperso-orange.fr/Air%20Orient%20historique.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Imperial Airways]] began flights from London to Australia via Calcutta in 1933, thus drew many airlines to Calcutta Airport.<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Birth of Aviation and Its Arrival in India|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/97607/6/06_chapter2.pdf|access-date=14 July 2020|website=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714180402/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/97607/6/06_chapter2.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|s2cid=126716007|date=2007|hdl=2134/4666|journal=GaWC Research Bulletin|title=Global networks before globalisation: imperial airways and the development of long-haul air routes|publisher=Loughborough University |last1=Budd |first1=Lucy }}</ref> Many pioneering flights passed through the airport, including [[Amelia Earhart]]'s in 1937.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amelia Earhart's Circumnavigation Attempt |url=http://www.tripline.net/trip/Amelia_Earhart's_Circumnavigation_Attempt-6410741502631003B225FC83C9742523 |work=Tripline.net |access-date=18 September 2011 |archive-date=26 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026060604/http://tripline.net/trip/Amelia_Earhart%27s_Circumnavigation_Attempt-6410741502631003B225FC83C9742523 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Alikhan|first=Anvar|title=The Indian adventures of Amelia Earhart before she disappeared into oblivion|url=https://scroll.in/magazine/842977/the-indian-adventures-of-amelia-earhart-before-she-disappeared-into-oblivion|access-date=14 July 2020|website=Scroll.in|date=8 July 2017 |language=en-US|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926010330/https://scroll.in/magazine/842977/the-indian-adventures-of-amelia-earhart-before-she-disappeared-into-oblivion|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=17 June 1937|title=Amelia in Calcutta|url=https://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/AmeliaEarhart/NewsClips/clip370615.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229175805/http://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/AmeliaEarhart/NewsClips/clip370615.htm|archive-date=29 December 2016|access-date=14 July 2020|website=www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org}}</ref>

Calcutta played an important role in the [[Second World War]]. In 1942, the [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[7th Bombardment Group]] flew [[B-24 Liberator]] bombers from the airport on combat missions over [[Myanmar|Burma]]. The airfield was used as a cargo aerial port for the [[Air Transport Command (United States Air Force)|Air Transport Command]] and was also used as a communication centre for the [[Tenth Air Force]].<ref>Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.</ref><ref name=":11" />

=== Post-independence (1947–2007) ===
[[File:HS 748 2A 9N-AAU Nepal Dum Dum 080974 edited-3.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Royal Nepal Airlines|Nepal Airlines]] at Dum Dum Airport in 1974|alt=]]

Passenger services grew after the Second World War. Calcutta became a destination for the world's first jet-powered passenger aircraft, the [[de Havilland Comet]], on a [[British Overseas Airways Corporation]] (BOAC) route to London.<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{cite web|date=7 June 2016|title=India as seen through vintage airline posters|url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/india-as-seen-through-vintage-airline-posters/|access-date=9 July 2020|website=Condé Nast Traveller India|language=en-IN|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721120525/https://www.cntraveller.in/story/india-as-seen-through-vintage-airline-posters/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2 May 1953|title=Civil Aircraft Accident Report of the Court Investigation on the Accident to Comet G-ALYV on 2nd May, 1953|url=http://lessonslearned.faa.gov/Comet1/G-ALYV_Report.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415121817/http://lessonslearned.faa.gov/Comet1/G-ALYV_Report.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2015|access-date=9 July 2020|publisher=[[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Ministry of Civil Aviation]]|via=[[Federal Aviation Administration]]}}</ref> Furthermore, in 1964 [[Indian Airlines]] introduced the first Indian domestic jet service, using [[Sud Aviation Caravelle|Caravelle]] jets on the Calcutta–Delhi route.<ref>{{cite web|title=1965 - 1969|url=https://www.indianairmails.com/1965---1969.html|access-date=9 July 2020|website=Indian Airmails|language=en|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721135912/https://www.indianairmails.com/1965---1969.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Between the 1940s and 1960s, the airport was served by several major airlines including [[Aeroflot]],<ref name="timetableimages">{{cite web|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/su/su57/su57-04.jpg|title=Image: su57-04.jpg, (2391 × 1449 px)|publisher=timetableimages.com|access-date=4 October 2015|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518074022/http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/su/su57/su57-04.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Air France]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/af5005i.htm|title=Air France|work=timetableimages.com|access-date=9 May 2015|archive-date=6 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006223347/http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/af5005i.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alitalia]],<ref name="timetableimages2">{{cite web|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/az61/az61-11.jpg|title=Image: az61-11.jpg, (2304 × 1325 px)|publisher=timetableimages.com|access-date=4 October 2015|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200547/http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/az61/az61-11.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cathay Pacific]],<ref name="timetableimages3">{{cite web|url=http://timetableimages.com/i-bc/cathay19.jpg|title=Image: cathay19.jpg, (570 × 720 px)|publisher=timetableimages.com|access-date=4 October 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051212/http://timetableimages.com/i-bc/cathay19.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Japan Airlines]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/jl6909.htm|title=JAL - Japan Air Lines|work=timetableimages.com|access-date=9 May 2015|archive-date=6 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006205552/http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/jl6909.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Philippine Airlines]],<ref name="timetableimages4">{{cite web|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/pr49/pr49-3.jpg|title=Philippine 1949 Timetable|publisher=timetableimages.com|access-date=4 October 2015|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171749/http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/pr49/pr49-3.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> [[KLM]],<ref name="timetableimages7">{{cite web|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/sr51/sr51-06.jpg|title=Image: sr51-06.jpg, (2420 × 1222 px)|publisher=timetableimages.com|access-date=4 October 2015|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073634/http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/sr51/sr51-06.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lufthansa]],<ref name="timetableimages6">{{cite web |url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/az61/az61-11.jpg |title=Lufthansa timetable May 1, 1960 |publisher=timetableimages.com |access-date=4 October 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200547/http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/az61/az61-11.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Pan Am]],<ref name="timetableimages5">{{cite web|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/pa/pa4508/pa45-07.jpg|title=PanAm Schedule|publisher=timetableimages.com|access-date=4 October 2015|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073640/http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/pa/pa4508/pa45-07.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Qantas]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Did You Know About The Old Kangaroo Route?|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/70033/7-spots-on-the-original-kangaroo-route-followed-by-qantas-airlines|access-date=14 July 2020|website=www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/|language=en|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715122725/https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/70033/7-spots-on-the-original-kangaroo-route-followed-by-qantas-airlines|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Swissair]],<ref name="timetableimages7"/> and [[Scandinavian Airlines|SAS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/sk55-06.htm |title=SAS&nbsp;– Scandinavian Airlines System |publisher=Timetableimages.com |access-date=11 February 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102213832/http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/sk55-06.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Due to the introduction of longer-haul aircraft and the poor political climate of Calcutta during the 1960s and also during the year 1971, several airlines discontinued their service to the airport. The 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] saw a large increase of both refugees and disease in Calcutta, causing more airlines to cease services to the city. In 1975, the airport opened the first dedicated cargo terminal in India.

The 1990s saw new growth for Calcutta Airport, as the Indian aviation industry saw the arrival of new airlines such as [[Jet Airways]] and [[Air Sahara]]. A new domestic terminal named Terminal 2 was opened in 1995 making the international one Terminal 1, and the airport was renamed in honour of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. In 2000, a new international arrival hall was opened.<ref name=":7">{{cite web|title=History of Kolkata Airport|url=http://www.nscbiairport.org/history.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012212642/http://www.nscbiairport.org/history.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2011|access-date=14 July 2020|website=nscbiairport.org}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{cite web|title=Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (Kolkata) International Airport|url=https://www.airport-technology.com/projects/kolkuttaairport/|access-date=14 July 2020|website=Airport Technology|language=en-GB|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715210638/https://www.airport-technology.com/projects/kolkuttaairport/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The year 2005 saw the growth of [[low-cost carrier]]s in the [[Indian aviation]] sector, with new airlines including [[SpiceJet]], [[IndiGo]], and [[Kingfisher Airlines]]. This led to a dramatic rise in passenger numbers at the airport. Overcrowding in both terminals led to the implementation of a comprehensive modernisation plan for the airport.<ref>{{cite web|title=Overview of the Airline Industry in India|url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/203989/10/08_chapter%201.pdf|access-date=14 July 2020|archive-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717072148/https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/203989/10/08_chapter%201.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kolkata Airport modernisation project commences|url=https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/kolkata-airport---kolkata-modernisation-project-commences-4847|access-date=14 July 2020|website=CAPA - Centre for Aviation|language=en|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714183019/https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/kolkata-airport---kolkata-modernisation-project-commences-4847|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Law|first=Abhishek|title=Kolkata airport to turn swanky with modernisation|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/Kolkata-airport-to-turn-swanky-with-modernisation/article20441365.ece|access-date=14 July 2020|website=@businessline|date=3 June 2012 |language=en|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714194545/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/Kolkata-airport-to-turn-swanky-with-modernisation/article20441365.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Modernisation (2008–present)===
The modernisation plan for the Kolkata Airport received the final nod on 14 August 2008. The project, worth {{INRConvert|1942.51|c|lk=on|year=2008|mode=historical}}, included the construction of a new terminal building with a passengers handling capacity of 20 million passengers per annum (mppa), expansion of secondary runway, upgradation of the navigation facilities, addition of [[taxiways]] and parking bays and . The then existing domestic and international terminals had a capacity of 4.06 mppa and 0.88 mppa, respectively, and were already saturated having handled 6.45 million and 1.01 million passengers in 2007-08. During 2003–08, the airport saw a 21.4% growth in domestic traffic and 6.4% growth in international traffic with further traffic growth of 19% per annum expected till 2011-12. A series of approvals were granted between April 2007 and May 2008 from multiple authorities for the project.<ref name=":25">{{Cite press release|title=Government Approves Modernization/Expansion of Kolkata Airport|date=14 August 2008|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]]|url=https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=41337&reg=3&lang=2|access-date=29 November 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251129081045/https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=41337&reg=3&lang=2|archive-date=29 November 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

Meanwhile, the secondary runway was to be extended to {{Convert|3239|m|abbr=on}} at a cost of {{INRConvert|35|c|lk=|year=2008|mode=historical}} along with the construction of 11 parking bays and a taxiway at {{INRConvert|65|c|lk=|year=2008|mode=historical}} and the upgradation of infrastructure including Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) equipment at {{INRConvert|185|c|lk=|year=2008|mode=historical}}. A fund of {{INRConvert|40|c|lk=|year=2008|mode=historical}} was also allocated to construct a [[grade separator]] and connecting the airport with the roadway and [[Kolkata Suburban Railway|railway network]] of the city. The [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) would provide 80% of the project fund (₹1554 crore) while the rest would be sought through commercial borrowings. The AAI had already spent ₹32 crore for consultancy and other preparatory work for the project in the [[fiscal year]].<ref name=":25" /> The presence of a 119-year-old mosque that lies 30&nbsp;metres from the secondary runway's northern end meant the runway would be expanded from the southern end. The proposed taxiway would join the northern ends of both the runways.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mouparna Bandyopadhyay |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Kolkata-airport-Map-redrawn-land-to-be-acquired-highrises-trimmed-to-save-mosque/317195/ |title=An expressindia article regarding the mosque built within the airport complex |publisher=[[ExpressIndia]] |date=1 June 2008 |access-date=11 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009225230/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Kolkata-airport-Map-redrawn-land-to-be-acquired-highrises-trimmed-to-save-mosque/317195/ |archive-date=9 October 2012 }}</ref>

In February 2014, the Kolkata Airport had sent a proposal to upgrade its [[Instrument Landing System]] (ILS) facilities in the runway to the higher authorities. The approval and project sanction, worth {{INRConvert|120|c|lk=|year=2014}}, was received in August that year. The project was expected to be executed between February–March and December 2015. As part of the upgradation, the primary runway's southern stretch (01R), then equipped with a [[Instrument landing system#ILS categories|CAT&nbsp;II ILS]], would be upgraded to [[CAT IIIb|CAT&nbsp;III-B]]. This would reduce the chances of ceasing flight operations during foggy winter and harsh weather conditions when there is a drop in visibility. Flight operations were affected 12 times or 50[[CAT IIIb|&nbsp;]]<nowiki/>hours, which delayed over 500 flights, during the winter of 2013–14. The CAT&nbsp;III-B lights, which will be guiding the aircraft on the taxiway till the parking bays, will be installed at 24 of the 54 bays.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sanjay|first1=Mandal|title=Airport lands big CAT to fight fog|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140814/jsp/calcutta/story_18720367.jsp|work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|date=14 August 2014|access-date=16 August 2014|archive-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085257/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140814/jsp/calcutta/story_18720367.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Further, the pock-marked primary runway would be re-carpeted while the secondary runway would also be upgraded to [[Instrument landing system#ILS categories|CAT&nbsp;II]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fog, rain won't hold up flights any more|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Fog-rain-wont-hold-up-flights-any-more/articleshow/40205901.cms|work=The Times of India|date=14 August 2014|access-date=29 November 2025|issn=0971-8257|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816073829/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Fog-rain-wont-hold-up-flights-any-more/articleshow/40205901.cms|archive-date=16 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The CAT&nbsp;III-B operations in the airport only began in 4 January 2018. Meanwhile, 19L was already equipped with CAT&nbsp;II.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kolkata airport becomes CAT-III-B-complaint|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/kolkata-airport-becomes-cat-iii-b-complaint/articleshow/62368436.cms|work=The Times of India|date=4 January 2018|access-date=29 November 2025|issn=0971-8257|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112033104/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/kolkata-airport-becomes-cat-iii-b-complaint/articleshow/62368436.cms|archive-date=12 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:SAS Inaugural Calcutta (9).jpg |thumb|200x200px|left|[[Scandinavian Airlines]] is one of the many European airlines that used to operate to Kolkata. This is their inaugural flight to Kolkata.|alt=]]

The modernisation plan included some improvements of the airport's existing terminals, including the addition of extra ticketing counters, check-in kiosks, and cafes to the domestic terminal in 2009. However, the need to replace the airport's terminals entirely led to plans for a new integrated terminal, known as T2 to differentiate it from the older domestic block, to serve both international and domestic destinations. A Thai-based company, the Italian-Thai Development (ITD) Corporation (ITD-ITDCem JV, a consortium of ITD and ITD Cementation) and the 125-year-old iconic Project Management Consultant–[[Parsons Brinckerhoff]] (PB) was hired with Delhi-based designer Sikka Associates Architects to construct the building. Construction commenced in November 2008, and T2 was inaugurated on 20 January 2013 after overshooting the previous deadlines of July 2011 and August 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/new-terminal-to-boost-jobs-and-tourism/943883/0|title=New terminal to boost tourism|newspaper=Financial Express|date=1 May 2012|access-date=17 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230459/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/new-terminal-to-boost-jobs-and-tourism/943883/0|archive-date=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/New-airport-terminal-to-be-delayed/articleshow/11114626.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701122832/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-15/kolkata/30520186_1_aai-kolkata-airport-airports-authority|url-status=live|archive-date=1 July 2012|title=New airport terminal to be delayed|date=15 December 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref> The former airport hotel 'Ashok' was demolished to give way for two new five-star luxury hotels and a shopping mall in its place.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aai.aero/misc/Articles.jsp |title=Airports Authority of India |publisher=Aai.aero |access-date=11 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117021459/http://www.aai.aero/misc/Articles.jsp |archive-date=17 January 2013 }}</ref>

Commercial operations were intended to start on 23 January 2013, the 116th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kolkata airport's new terminal inaugurated|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/kolkata-airports-new-terminal-inaugurated/499493/|access-date=21 January 2013|newspaper=Business Standard|date=21 January 2013|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127084413/https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/kolkata-airport-s-new-terminal-inaugurated-113012100091_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the shift to the new terminal was only completed on 16 March 2013.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|date=10 December 2019|title=Shift complete, old terminals shut down|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Shift-complete-old-terminals-shut-down/articleshow/18998653.cms?referral=PM|access-date=14 July 2020|website=Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210132523/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Shift-complete-old-terminals-shut-down/articleshow/18998653.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=10 December 2019}}</ref> [[Airports Council International]] named it the best improved airport in the [[Asia-Pacific]] region in 2014 and 2015.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 February 2015|title=Which airports offer the world's best customer service?|url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/airports-best-customer-service/index.html|access-date=1 March 2015|publisher=CNN|archive-date=26 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226084851/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/17/travel/airports-best-customer-service/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=21 February 2014|title=Kolkata wins most improved airport award in Asia-Pacific|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/kolkata-wins-most-improved-airport-award-in-asia-pacific-33797.html|access-date=14 July 2020|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715095018/https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/kolkata-wins-most-improved-airport-award-in-asia-pacific-33797.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=10 June 2014|title=Kolkata Airport wins best improved airport award|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kolkata-airport-wins-best-improved-airport-award-114061001246_1.html|access-date=14 July 2020|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714132008/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kolkata-airport-wins-best-improved-airport-award-114061001246_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport - a clean and green facility in Kolkata - The Economic Times|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/productline/building-materials/netaji-subhash-chandra-bose-international-airport-a-clean-and-green-facility-in-kolkata/articleshow/74208115.cms|access-date=14 July 2020|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127084415/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/productline/building-materials/netaji-subhash-chandra-bose-international-airport-a-clean-and-green-facility-in-kolkata/articleshow/74208115.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 27 November 2025, the [[CAT IIIb|CAT&nbsp;III-B]] ILS for the 19L approach of the primary runway was activated for the first time. This was an upgrade from the [[Instrument landing system#ILS categories|CAT&nbsp;II ILS]] for the side, though the 01R approach was already equipped with CAT&nbsp;III-B earlier.<ref name=":23">{{Cite news|title=Kolkata airport: Tech aid for runway's north end to ease landing amid fog|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-airport-tech-aid-for-runways-north-end-to-ease-landing-amid-fog/articleshow/125622169.cms|work=The Times of India|date=28 November 2025|access-date=29 November 2025|issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":24">{{Cite web|title=To help pilots combat winter fog, Kolkata airport completes CAT III-B ILS upgrade|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/winter-fog-kolkata-airport-pilots-cat-iii-b-ils-upgrade-10376499/|website=The Indian Express|date=20 November 2025|access-date=29 November 2025|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251129033805/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/winter-fog-kolkata-airport-pilots-cat-iii-b-ils-upgrade-10376499/|archive-date=29 November 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
===Runways===
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport has two parallel [[runway]]s, the primary runway 01R/19L has a capacity of approximately 35 flights per hour and the secondary runway 01L/19R has a capacity of 15 flights per hour. The secondary runway is usually used as a taxiway when the main runway is used. When the primary runway is shut down for maintenance purposes, the secondary runway is used.<ref>{{cite web|title=VECC - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport {{!}} SkyVector|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/VECC/Netaji-Subhash-Chandra-Bose-Airport|access-date=9 July 2020|website=skyvector.com|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302140726/https://skyvector.com/airport/VECC/Netaji-Subhash-Chandra-Bose-Airport|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=25 May 2017|title=VECC AD 2.1 Aerodrome Location Indicator and Name|url=https://aim-india.aai.aero/eaip-v2//25-05-2017/eAIP/EC-AD-2.1VECC-en-GB.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712173254/https://aim-india.aai.aero/eaip-v2//25-05-2017/eAIP/EC-AD-2.1VECC-en-GB.pdf|archive-date=12 July 2020|access-date=10 July 2020|website=aim-india.aai.aero}}</ref> The secondary runway was expected to undergo a recarpeting under a {{INRConvert|224|c|year=2024}} project in 2025.<ref name=":18">{{Cite news |date=18 December 2024 |title=Kolkata airport in 2025: New ATC tower, smooth secondary runway |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-airport-in-2025-new-atc-tower-smooth-secondary-runway/articleshow/116447230.cms |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> By September 2025, the improvements have enhanced the operating capacity of the airport to 35 to 40 flights per hour.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 September 2025 |title=Kolkata Airport plans to have 132 parking bays; expand terminal by 2033 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/airport-plans-to-have-132-parking-bays-expand-terminal-by-2033/articleshow/123617783.cms |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Runways at NSCBI Airport
!Runway number
!Length
!Width
!Approach lights/[[Instrument landing system|ILS]]
|-
|01L/19R
|{{convert|2832|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|46|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|No ILS / CAT I<ref name=":23" />
|-
|01R/19L
|{{convert|3633|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|46|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|CAT III-B / CAT III-B<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":24" />
|}

===Hangars and ground services===
[[Air India]] operates hangars at the airport, while [[Bharat Petroleum]] and [[Indian Oil]] act as fuellers. Catering facilities are owned by Taj-Sats and [[Oberoi]] Flight Services.<ref>{{cite web|title=About us {{!}} Tajsats|url=https://www.tajsats.com/company/about-us|access-date=9 July 2020|website=www.tajsats.com|archive-date=12 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712114314/https://www.tajsats.com/company/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2020|title=Oberoi Aviation {{!}} Oberoi Hotels & Resorts|url=https://www.oberoihotels.com/aviation/|access-date=9 July 2020|website=Oeroi Aviation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621123607/https://www.oberoihotels.com/aviation/|archive-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>

===Terminals===
[[File:Bird eye view of the new terminal.jpg|thumb|Bird's eye view of the integrated terminal]]
The airport's new integrated terminal T2 is spread over {{convert|233000|m2|abbr=on}} and can handle 25&nbsp;million passengers annually, compared to the previous terminal T1's capacity of five million. The terminal is an L-shaped structure, containing six levels. It contains 128 check-in counters that utilise CUTE (Common User Terminal Equipment) technology and has 78 immigration counters and twelve customs counters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/world-class-but-global-takers-slip-away-112042800037_1.html|title=World class, but global takers slip away|first=Probal|last=Basak|date=28 April 2012|access-date=7 December 2019|via=Business Standard|newspaper=Business Standard India|archive-date=29 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129072731/https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/world-class-but-global-takers-slip-away-112042800037_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The terminal was developed in a project worth {{INRConvert|2325|c|lk=on|year=2013}}.<ref name=":17">{{cite web |last1=Niyogi |first1=Subhro |last2=Banerjee |first2=Tamaghna |date=5 April 2019 |title=Rs 1K crore expansion plan for Kolkata airport |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/rs-1kcr-expansion-plan-for-kolkata-airport/articleshow/68730409.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127084420/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/rs-1kcr-expansion-plan-for-kolkata-airport/articleshow/68730409.cms |archive-date=27 January 2021 |access-date=13 July 2020 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> Passenger lounges are provided by [[Air India]]. The terminal is equipped with 18 [[aerobridges]] and a further 57 remote parking bays. There are plans to construct an 18-foot bronze statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in the integrated terminal complex.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkata-airport-finds-place-for-forgotten-hero/articleshow/16858006.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103085027/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-18/kolkata/34554351_1_netaji-statue-gandhi-sagar-dam |url-status=live |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=Kolkata airport finds place for 'forgotten' hero |date=18 October 2010|work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/second-lot-of-aerobridges-for-chennai-airport-arrive-at-kolkata-port/article4032004.ece |title=Second lot of aerobridges for Chennai International Airport arrive at Kolkata port |date=26 October 2010 |access-date=11 February 2013 |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |first1=P. |last1=Oppili |first2=Sunitha |last2=Sekar |archive-date=29 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229190645/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/second-lot-of-aerobridges-for-chennai-airport-arrive-at-kolkata-port/article4032004.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kolkata's old international and domestic terminals closed permanently when the integrated terminal opened. However, there were plans to renovate the old international terminal to be used for future [[hajj]] services, while the domestic terminal could be used by regional airlines. An earlier proposal of continuing low-cost carrier operations from the existing domestic terminal has been shelved due to the need to fully utilise the new integrated terminal's capacity, making it the first airport in India to shift even its low-cost domestic airlines to the new integrated building upon completion.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{cite web|date=4 May 2013|title=All flights from new terminal by March|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/All-flights-from-new-terminal-by-March/articleshow/15915345.cms|access-date=14 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504113102/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-29/kolkata/33475094_1_terminal-1d-operations-shift-regional-airlines|website=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=4 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=5 March 2013|first=Jayanta |last=Gupta|title=From March 15, all flights from new terminal in Kolkata |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/From-March-15-all-flights-from-new-terminal-in-Kolkata/articleshow/18803799.cms|access-date=14 July 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028211447/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/From-March-15-all-flights-from-new-terminal-in-Kolkata/articleshow/18803799.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the old terminal will be replaced by a new terminal T3 to increase the overall capacity.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last1=Banerjee |first1=Tamaghna |last2= Niyogi |first2=Subhro |date=5 July 2024 |title=City airport's new terminal to handle 1.1 crore flyers a year |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-airport-expansion-project-new-terminal-to-accommodate-11-crore-flyers-annually/articleshow/111499744.cms |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref>

In the financial year from April 2011 to March 2012, Kolkata Airport served 10.3&nbsp;million passengers, 85% of whom travelled domestically.<ref name="anna.aero">{{cite news|url=http://www.anna.aero/2013/03/13/kolkata-airport-new-terminal-opens-this-week/|title=Kolkata Airport: New terminal opens this week; Domestic capacity shrinks|date=13 March 2013|access-date=16 March 2013|archive-date=17 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317103622/http://www.anna.aero/2013/03/13/kolkata-airport-new-terminal-opens-this-week/|url-status=live}}</ref> The withdrawal of [[Lufthansa]]'s service to Frankfurt in March 2012 left Kolkata with no direct connections beyond Asia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Lufthansa-flies-out-of-Kolkata-skies/articleshow/12408866.cms|title=Lufthansa flies out of Kolkata skies|date=26 March 2012|access-date=16 March 2013|archive-date=29 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229043004/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-26/kolkata/31239842_1_lufthansa-kolkata-london-german-carrier|work=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref> However, other international operations increased in 2012.<ref name="anna.aero"/> The new terminal has attracted some airlines to expand their route networks to include Kolkata.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=4490|title=Four international airlines seek flight to new Kolkata airport|date=28 September 2012|access-date=27 September 2012|archive-date=7 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007060957/http://www.ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=4490|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/three-international-airlines-show-interest-in-kolkata/199222/on|title=Three international airlines show interest in Kolkata|date=28 September 2012|access-date=12 December 2012|archive-date=21 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221164952/http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/three-international-airlines-show-interest-in-kolkata/199222/on|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2012, the [[Airports Authority of India]] upgraded the airport's cargo-handling capacity, enabling it to cater for the demand until 2015–16. There has been a 25 per cent growth in international cargo movement to and from Kolkata Airport and a 15 per cent increase in outward transit. Automobile parts accounted for the bulk of the growth in the movement of cargo from the city to other countries. In November 2008 the first Centre for Perishable Cargo (CPC) in West Bengal was opened at the airport. The CPC has an area of {{convert|742.5|m2|abbr=on}} and an annual storage capacity of 12,000&nbsp;million tonnes. The CPC had been undergoing trials that started in June 2008 and were built with a {{INRConvert|6.75|c|lk=|year=2020}} grant-in-aid from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) part of the [[List of Indian agencies#Ministry of Commerce|Commerce Ministry]].<ref>[http://www.freshnews.in/west-bengal-gets-first-centre-for-perishable-cargo-77103 A Freshnews article about the Perishable Cargo centre] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729150911/http://www.freshnews.in/west-bengal-gets-first-centre-for-perishable-cargo-77103 |date=29 July 2013 }}</ref> The volume of export was 21,683 tonnes in 2008–09, during the current fiscal more than 23,042 tonnes of cargo were handled by the airport. Similarly, the volume of import cargo increased from 16,863 tonnes to 18,733 tonnes, increasing over ten per cent during the same period. However, in 2008–09 the total volume of cargo handled by the airport declined by 4.8% from the previous year.

On 3 June 2019, [[Singapore Airlines]] operated the Airport's maiden [[Airbus A350]] service from [[Singapore]] to Kolkata, enhancing the weekly seat capacity.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Himatsingka |first1=Anuradha |title=Singapore Airlines to introduce Airbus A350 aircraft in Kolkata |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/singapore-airlines-to-introduce-airbus-a350-aircraft-in-kolkata/articleshow/69043988.cms |access-date=17 June 2019 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=25 April 2019 |archive-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131023404/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/singapore-airlines-to-introduce-airbus-a350-aircraft-in-kolkata/articleshow/69043988.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><gallery caption="Gallery of the Integrated Terminal T2">
File:Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Terminal 2 56 Aerobridge (01).jpg|[[Airside]] of the terminal
File:Interior of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport 02.jpg|The ceiling is adorned with works by [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref>{{cite web |date=10 May 2012 |title=New terminal ceilings to sport Tagore works |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/new-terminal-ceilings-to-sport-tagore-works/articleshow/13073376.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925180512/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/new-terminal-ceilings-to-sport-tagore-works/articleshow/13073376.cms |archive-date=25 September 2022 |access-date=16 February 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
File:Airside of NSCBIA, Kolkata at night.jpg|The airside at night
File:Kolkata Airport Terminal (14668163978).jpg|Check-in area
File:Kolkata NSCBI Airport.jpg|Departure hall
File:Kolkata Airport New Terminal Outside view.JPG|Landside of the terminal
File:Dum Dum Airport, Domestic terminal.jpg|A view of the domestic section
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=== Air Traffic Navigation Complex ===
[[File:ATC complex CCU.JPG|thumb|The new 56&nbsp;m-tall ATC complex of NSCBIA under construction.]]
The Kolkata Airport is currently served by a legacy {{Convert|35|m|abbr=on}} building commissioned in 1972.<ref name=":22" /> However, the building grappled with space constraints for modernisation and monitoring limitations, especially for aircraft parked along international wing of T2 building.<ref name=":1" />

To solve the crisis, a new air traffic navigation (ATN) complex has been constructed under a project worth {{INRConvert|458|c|lk=on|year=2025}}.<ref name=":14">{{Cite news |date=15 October 2025 |title=Short circuit exposes absence of emergency exit in new ATC bldg |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/short-circuit-exposes-absence-of-emergency-exit-in-new-atc-bldg/articleshow/124560345.cms |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The complex includes area control and technical blocks. The spiral torch-shaped tower has a height of {{Convert|184|ft|abbr=on|order=flip}}<ref name=":15">{{Cite news |date=22 August 2023 |title=Construction over, new ATC tower at Kolkata airport to get gadgets soon |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/construction-over-new-atc-to-get-gadgets-soon/articleshow/102923446.cms |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> and is equipped with advanced digital technology for communication and air traffic systems. The technical block will host flight data and radar data processing systems, data control processing system, and new monitoring systems.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kumari |first=Sweety |date=25 March 2025 |title=Kolkata Airport begins operational trials for new ATC Tower |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/kolkata-airport-begins-operational-trials-for-new-atc-tower-9904324/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016175054/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/kolkata-airport-begins-operational-trials-for-new-atc-tower-9904324/lite/ |archive-date=16 October 2025 |access-date=17 October 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> The area of the facility will increase from {{Convert|7640|sqft|abbr=on|m2|order=flip}} to {{Convert|14316|sqft|abbr=on|m2|order=flip}}, while the same for the visual control room will be upgraded from {{Convert|1260|sqft|abbr=on|m2|order=flip}} to {{Convert|2475|sqft|abbr=on|m2|order=flip}}.<ref name=":15" />

The project, conceptualised in 2008 to establish a {{Convert|86|m|abbr=on}} tall tower,<ref name=":16">{{Cite news |date=18 February 2017 |title=Controllers furious over decision to slash ATC tower height by half |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/controllers-furious-over-decision-to-slash-atc-tower-height-by-half/articleshow/57212647.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220230124/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/controllers-furious-over-decision-to-slash-atc-tower-height-by-half/articleshow/57212647.cms |archive-date=20 February 2017 |access-date=1 September 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> was shelved in 2011 due to lack of funds. In January 2013, however, the top brass of the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) granted the in-principle approval for the project, worth {{INRConvert|240|c|lk=|year=2013|mode=historical}}. The execution would begin after the transition to new terminal was completed in July. While the surface movement control and tower units would be based in a glass chamber in the apex, the remaining units, including aerodrome control, approach control and area control would be hosted at a three-storied building at the base. The project details would then be sent to higher authorities for the budget to be sanctioned. Another 18 months was expected to float a tender and select bids for flight data processing system, radar data processing system, data control processing system and new monitors. An additional six months would be required for the systems installations and testing. Full operationalisation was expected by 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 January 2013 |title=Iconic tower project back on board |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Iconic-tower-project-back-on-board/articleshow/17975999.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250901172153/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Decks-cleared-for-new-ATC-at-airport/articleshow/20038072.cms |archive-date=1 September 2025 |access-date=1 September 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

In May 2013, the project received a funding of {{INRConvert|270|c|lk=|year=2013|mode=historical}}, which includes {{INRConvert|120|c|lk=|year=2013|mode=historical}} for the building and {{INRConvert|150|c|lk=|year=2013|mode=historical}} to upgrade air navigation and surveillance systems.<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |date=14 May 2013 |title=Decks cleared for new ATC at airport |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/decks-cleared-for-new-atc-at-airport/articleshow/20038072.cms |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> As represented in the cover of AAI's Airports India magazine dated February 2016, the new ATC tower's height was revised to {{Convert|112|m|abbr=on}}. However, the height was again halved to {{Convert|57|m|abbr=on}} a year later in February 2017 when AAI released the tender for the construction of the facility, akin with the ATC tower in [[Edinburgh Airport]]. The ATC Guild (India), a union of the air traffic controllers of India, was unhappy with such revision and defended the earlier plan, stating that the height would not have caused safety hazard but a shorter tower would be obsolete much earlier.<ref name=":16" />

As of June 2022, the existing navigation and surveillance equipment, installed in 2013,<ref name=":1" /> was nearing its end of 10-year life cycle and required a new generation of control systems like Level IV [[Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System]] (A-SMGCS) as well as new automation system, voice communication, VHF antenna with three outputs, ground guidance and surveillance equipment for aircraft and other vehicles, and equipment to broadcast meteorological data to aircraft. The cost of the entire set of equipment is estimated at {{INRConvert|350|c|year=2022|mode=historical}} to {{INRConvert|400|c|year=2022|mode=historical}}. Meanwhile, the civil work of the new tower was expected for completion by the year's end.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 June 2022 |title=New Kolkata airport ATC tower to be equipped with latest gadgets |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/new-kolkata-airport-atc-tower-to-be-equipped-with-latest-gadgets/articleshow/92398598.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112034056/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/new-kolkata-airport-atc-tower-to-be-equipped-with-latest-gadgets/articleshow/92398598.cms |archive-date=12 November 2022 |access-date=1 September 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":15" />

While the civil work of the facility was completed in February 2024, the installation of electrical lines and optic fibre cables was completed in May. The commencement of trials was expected by October 2024 with operationalisation by 2025-end. Until then, the existing and the new complex will function parallelly.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 May 2024 |title=Kol airport launching parallel ATC facility for arriving, departing flights |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-airport-launching-parallel-atc-facility-for-arriving-departing-flights/articleshow/109867276.cms |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

The operational trials of the new complex commenced on 24 March 2025. The tower, with a workforce of eight controllers along with technicians from Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) department, coordinated the take off and landing of around 40 aircraft between 2&nbsp;pm and 4&nbsp;pm. The first aircraft to land under the new ATC's supervision was an [[IndiGo]] flight from [[Bengaluru Airport|Bengaluru]]. Another team of controllers also stood by in the existing ATC tower to takeover responsibilities in case of any contingencies in the new facility. Such operations will continue to be undertaken from the new tower over the same time daily for three months before the duration can be increased. However, full-fledged operations will not begin within the next 18-24 months since the modern equipment is yet to be selected and procured. The equipment include a new generation automation system, [[Precision approach radar|approach radar]], advanced surface movement guidance and control system as well as abVHF communication equipment. Only after the tenders are floated will the equipment be procured, installed and operationalised. Until then, controllers in the new ATC tower will utilise modified equipment that was procured and installed in 2012 and 2013.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=25 March 2025 |title=Kolkata airport begins trials at new air traffic control tower |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-airport-begins-trials-at-new-air-traffic-control-tower/articleshow/119439793.cms |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

On 7 October, a [[short circuit]] in the [[Air conditioning|AC]] system of the new complex, detected by five controllers reporting for duty, revealed the lack of an [[emergency exit]]. This shut the operations from the facility until 20 October after which operations restarted. However, full operational clearance could only be received from the [[DGCA (India)|DGCA]], [[Bureau of Civil Aviation Security|BCAS]] and the fire department after the emergency exit is arranged.<ref name=":14" />

== Expansion ==
The integrated terminal T2 was commissioned in 2013 with an annual capacity of 20 million passengers. The terminal served 9 million passengers in the first year. However, by 2016, the amount quickly rose to 16 million. At this rate, the terminal would be saturated by 2018. This necessitated the airport authority to plan another phase of expansions. In June 2017, the then director of Kolkata airport, Atul Dixit, unveiled the plans of the next phase of expansion to enhance the airport's capacity to 40 million passengers per annum.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=14 June 2017 |title=Kolkata eyes 40 million flyers annually in next 4 years |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-eyes-40-million-flyers-annually-in-next-4-years/articleshow/59135075.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928143954/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-eyes-40-million-flyers-annually-in-next-4-years/articleshow/59135075.cms |archive-date=28 September 2017 |access-date=1 September 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The first nod for a third terminal was received from the aviation ministry by then. The old air traffic control complex and both of the old terminals, located in the North of the T2, would be demolished to establish the third terminal.<ref name=":5" /> In September, a US aviation planning and development firm based in [[Cincinnati]], Landrum & Brown (L&B), was appointed to formulate a master plan to enhance the capacity and efficiency of the airport.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 September 2017 |title=US firm to prepare masterplan for Kolkata airport |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/us-firm-to-prepare-masterplan-for-kolkata-airport/articleshow/60504531.cms |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

The plan was reportedly sanctioned in February 2020 and first phase expansion was expected to be completed within 30 months.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |date=23 February 2020 |title=Seal on Calcutta airport expansion plan |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/seal-on-calcutta-airport-expansion-plan/cid/1748046 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714165148/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/seal-on-calcutta-airport-expansion-plan/cid/1748046 |archive-date=14 July 2020 |access-date=13 July 2020 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> 

Initially, the existing terminal will undergo an interim expansion of {{INRConvert|130|c|lk=on|year=2024}} that will see the terminal handle an additional 2 million passengers annually, bringing the total handling capacity of the existing terminal to 28 million passengers annually.<ref name=":18" /> Then, a new {{INRConvert|4500|c|lk=|year=2024}}<ref name=":18" /> expansion plan will be undertaken in two phases over a span of six years.<ref name=":12" />

Upon completion of the project, the new terminal will serve both domestic and international flights with annual capacity of 11 million passengers.<ref name=":12" /> This will bring the airport's capacity to 40 million.<ref name=":5" /> Further, the existing integrated terminal, which will exclusively handle domestic flights will have a revised capacity of 34 million passengers,<ref name=":21" /> taking the airport's overall capacity to 45 million (36 million domestic passengers and 9 million international passengers)<ref name=":21" /> by 2032–33.<ref name=":17" /> This will mark a nine-fold increase in the airport's capacity within two decades. The old terminals had a combined 5 million passengers per annum capacity until March 2013.<ref name=":17" />

=== Interim expansions ===
An interim expansion phase, also referred to as modular expansion phase,<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":19" /> will be implemented to meet the airport’s short-term passenger growth demands. In this phase, the old terminal and the T2 integrated terminal will be connected with three [[aerobridges]] and [[Moving walkway|walkalators]] as well as walk-in doors at ground level. The former will be used for boarding and de-boarding passengers from aircraft. Passengers arriving in the boarding building would take the connecting bridge to the terminal T2 and then leave the airport. This is meant to decongest the airport in peak hours and immediately enhance passenger capacity by a million.<ref name=":5" />

Under the modular expansion, the security hold area (SHA), the lounge where passengers wait after the security checks until the aircraft boarding begins, will be expanded for the integrated terminal T2. The SHA could be extended to the left of T2 in place of the old domestic terminal. Ten aerobridges are planned to be added to the terminal. Of the 18 existing aerobridges, 14 serve domestic flights while 4 serve international ones. Each bridge is capable of serving 10 flights per day.<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":19" />

The expansion was underway as of April 2025, and is slated for completion by December. The project will add over {{Convert|71000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|order=flip}} of space to the terminal. This includes an addition of {{Convert|60200|sqft|m2|abbr=on|order=flip}} and {{Convert|10800|sqft|m2|abbr=on|order=flip}} space in the international and domestic wings, respectively. While the domestic section will increase the SHA, the international wing also see the increase of food & beverage (F&B) space. The latter's departure space will also be reorganised including the {{Convert|32200|sqft|m2|abbr=on|order=flip}} Immigration and Customs area being shifted to an equivalent area in the newly added southern section. A third of this will host the offices while the rest will be used for passenger amenities like additional seating and F&B section. The international wing's SHA will also increase by {{Convert|28000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|order=flip}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 April 2025 |title=Kolkata airport adds 71,000 sq ft to accommodate 20 lakh more flyers per annum |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-airport-adds-71000-sq-ft-to-accommodate-20-lakh-more-flyers-per-annum/articleshow/119871828.cms |access-date=20 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":21" />

These expansions will enhance the airport's capacity to 28 million passengers per annum. A budget of {{INRConvert|130|c|year=2024}} has been earmarked for this phase. This will provide an additional time of four to five years, until 2030–31, to the airport authority for a long-term solution to accommodate the passenger growth, including the construction of a new terminal.<ref name=":18" />

=== Phase 1 ===
Under the first phase of expansion, the old domestic terminal, which was operation between 1995 and 2013 and has a built-up area of {{Convert|240000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|order=flip}},<ref name=":21" /> will be demolished and a new terminal, spread over an area of {{Convert|1300000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|order=flip}}, will be constructed. This will increase the airport's capacity by 40% to 33 million passengers. As of 2019, the design of the new terminal was to be finalised by early 2020.<ref name=":17" />

As of December 2024, the demolition would begin in August 2025<ref name=":12" /> and would take a year. Simultaneously, a tender will be floated for the construction of the new terminal which is expected to commence in early 2026. The overall terminal project, worth {{INRConvert|4500|c|year=2024}}, will be completed in two phases. The new terminal would be designed in order to efficiently utilise its relatively shorter [[frontage]] but service more aircraft at a time than the existing linear integrated terminal.<ref name=":18" />

The new building will be U-shaped and have three sections — a rectangular section and two arm-like [[concourses]]. The rectangular section, located at the parking lot of old terminal, will host the check-in counters, security check portals and baggage handling facilities. Meanwhile, the two concourses, at the northern and southern ends of the rectangular sections and extending eastwards, will host the operational area like boarding gates and aerobridges. The rectangular section and southern arm will be built as part of the phase 1, which has been sanctioned by the AAI.<ref name=":12" />

As of July 2025, the demolition of the old domestic terminal is scheduled to be completed by the year-end or early 2026. The entire terminal that will be completed under this phase will exclusively serve international flights and will have an annual capacity of 9 million passengers.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |date=25 July 2025 |title='From 26 million passengers to 45 million annually': Kolkata Airport's old domestic terminal to be demolished for new international facility |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/kolkata-airport-old-domestic-terminal-demolition-10149267/ |access-date=20 October 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

=== Phase 2 ===
By the time the first phase construction of the new terminal will be completed, the [[#New Air Traffic Navigation Complex|new Air Traffic Navigation Complex]] will be fully operational and the old tower building and former international terminal will be demolished.<ref name=":18" /> Following this, the second phase construction will commence. This includes the northern concourse, located at on the existing Air Traffic Services (ATS) building.<ref name=":12" /> Ultimately the new terminal will also require 21 parking bays connected with aerobridges.<ref name=":19" /> The construction is aimed to be completed in 2029–30. The terminal will handle both domestic and international traffic while the T2 will be dedicated to domestic traffic. In fact, after removing the immigration, customs, and other related operations, the capacity of T2 will also be increased by 0.6 million passengers.<ref name=":18" />

=== Other developments ===
In 2019, the airport had 65 active parking bays. The parking bays remained fully occupied at night except for three parking bays that are required to be reserved for diverted flights. This necessitated to expand parking facilities with the growing demands of the [[List of airlines of India|Indian airlines]]. The AAI planned to develop over 380 parking bays in 23 airports. Airports in Kolkata and [[Ahmedabad Airport|Ahmedabad]], followed by [[Lucknow airport|Lucknow]], would take the lead in this initiative.<ref name=":20" />

Amid this development, the AAI had earmarked {{INRConvert|200|c|year=2019|mode=historical}} to take the parking bays quantity to 105 by the end of 2024. An additional {{INRConvert|150|c|year=2019|mode=historical}} was earmarked extend the [[taxiway]] F of the airport. An amount of {{INRConvert|250|c|year=2019|mode=historical}} had been invested to extend the taxiway and develop 20 parking bays by 2021. Work for the first set of 10 bays had begun following which the old airport fire station would be demolished for the next 10 bays. After the completion of these 20 bays, another contract, worth {{INRConvert|100|c|year=2019|mode=historical}}, for the rest of 20 bays will be awarded.<ref name=":20">{{cite web|date=8 December 2019|title=105 parking bays, extended runway at Kolkata airport by 2024|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/105-parking-bays-extended-runway-at-airport-by-2024/articleshow/72421001.cms|access-date=13 July 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=1 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901161403/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/105-parking-bays-extended-runway-at-airport-/articleshow/72421001.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

However, as of 2025, the airport operates 73 parking bays. However, two additional bays will be made operational by the year-end and will be followed by activation of 10 bays and 19 bays in 2030 and 2032, respectively. In 2033, an additional 28 bays will be commissioned and will bring to the total number of parking bays to 132. This will ensure the parallel increase of terminal and [[airside]] infrastructure.<ref name=":19" /> Parking bays will also be developed on the eastern flank of the airport.<ref name=":19">{{Cite news |date=1 September 2025 |title=Kolkata Airport plans to have 132 parking bays; expand terminal by 2033 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/airport-plans-to-have-132-parking-bays-expand-terminal-by-2033/articleshow/123617783.cms |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":20" />

The cargo terminal of the airport, currently located in the north western sector of the airport, will be moved to the west of the [[VIP Road, Kolkata|VIP Road]]. When relocated, the space occupied by the current cargo terminal will give way for the development of more parking bays as well as passenger terminal expansion.<ref name=":19" />

==Airlines and destinations ==
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| [[AirAsia]] |[[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur–International]]
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| [[Akasa Air]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Akasa Air Flight Network|url=https://www.akasaair.com/fly-with-akasa/our-network|website=Akasa Air|access-date=22 September 2025|archive-date=15 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615150249/https://www.akasaair.com/fly-with-akasa/our-network|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Manohar International Airport|Goa–Mopa]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai–Shivaji]], [[Veer Savarkar International Airport|Port Blair]],<ref>{{cite news | url= https://deshgujarat.com/2024/10/22/akasa-air-to-launch-ahmedabad-kolkata-port-blair-flight-next-month/|title=Akasa Air to launch Ahmedabad – Kolkata – Port Blair flight next month}}</ref> [[Pune Airport|Pune]], [[Srinagar Airport|Srinagar]] 
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| [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allianceair.in/book |title= Alliance Air |access-date= 6 June 2024 |archive-date= 31 March 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240331232306/https://allianceair.in/book |url-status= live }}</ref> | [[Lengpui Airport|Aizawl]], [[Bilaspur Airport|Bilaspur]], [[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]], [[Imphal Airport|Imphal]], [[Lilabari Airport|Lilabari]], [[Rupsi Airport|Rupsi]], [[Silchar Airport|Silchar]]
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| [[Bhutan Airlines]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhutanairlines.bt/about-us/routes/our-destinations|title=Bhutan Airlines Destinations|access-date=21 February 2022|archive-date=6 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406192300/http://www.bhutanairlines.bt/about-us/routes/our-destinations|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220726-b3sep22?rq=Kolkata%20 | title=Bhutan Airlines Tentatively Resumes Scheduled Service in mid-Sep 2022 | access-date=15 August 2022 | archive-date=27 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627150014/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220726-b3sep22?rq=Kolkata%20 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Paro International Airport|Paro]]<br/>
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| {{nowrap|[[Biman Bangladesh Airlines]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biman-airlines.com/destinationmap|title=Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight routes|access-date=16 February 2022|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120073100/https://biman-airlines.com/destinationmap|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport|Dhaka]]
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| [[Buddha Air]] | [[Tribhuvan International Airport|Kathmandu]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Buddha Air to Resume Direct Kathmandu–Kolkata Flights from October 19|url=https://www.sharesansar.com/newsdetail/buddha-air-to-resume-direct-kathmandu-kolkata-flights-from-october-19-2025-09-24|website=ShareSansar|date=15 December 2016 |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref>
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| [[Drukair]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.drukair.com.bt/Destinations/Kolkata|title=Drukair About Kolkata Website|access-date=21 February 2022|archive-date=19 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519170214/https://www.drukair.com.bt/Destinations/Kolkata|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Paro International Airport|Paro]], [[Gelephu Airport|Gelephu]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Ashley |title=Gelephu International Airport Welcomes Its First International Flight |url=https://www.dailybhutan.com/article/gelephu-international-airport-welcomes-its-first-international-flight |access-date=9 December 2025 |work=Daily Bhutan |publisher=Druk Asia |date=8 December 2025}}</ref>
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| [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emirates.com/in/English/destinations/flights-to-kolkata.aspx|title=Emirates' Kolkata Webpage|access-date=16 February 2022|archive-date=6 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406193801/https://www.emirates.com/in/English/destinations/flights-to-kolkata.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emirates.com/in/English/help/covid-19/our-current-network-and-services/|title=Emirates' Destinations during COVID-19 Crisis|access-date=16 February 2022|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408151739/https://www.emirates.com/in/English/help/covid-19/our-current-network-and-services/|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai–International]]<ref>{{OAGWorldMay2025Ref|title=Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB|pages=337-343}}</ref>
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| [[Etihad Airways]] | [[Zayed International Airport|Abu Dhabi]]<ref>{{OAGWorldAug2025Ref|title=Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates AUH|pages=14-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/aviation/uae-airline-announces-new-daily-flight-to-indian-city | title=UAE airline announces new daily flight to Indian city | access-date=15 December 2022 | archive-date=27 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627150110/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/aviation/uae-airline-announces-new-daily-flight-to-indian-city | url-status=live }}</ref>
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| [[flydubai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flydubai.com/en/destinations/route-map|title=Flydubai Route Map|access-date=28 November 2021|archive-date=23 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523204305/https://www.flydubai.com/en/destinations/route-map|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai–International]]<ref>{{OAGWorldMay2025Ref|title=Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB|pages=337-343}}</ref>
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| [[IndiaOne Air]]| [[Cooch Behar Airport|Cooch Behar]] (ends 31 January 2026),<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/flights-to-cooch-behar-to-stop-as-indiaone-air-cites-operational-reasons-prnt/cid/2135742 | title=Flights to Cooch Behar to stop as IndiaOne Air cites operational reasons | website=www.telegraphindia.com | date=2 December 2025}}</ref> [[Sonari Airport|Jamshedpur]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2023 |title=Flight links Jamshedpur with Kolkata, Bhubaneswar |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/flight-links-jamshedpur-with-kolkata-bhubaneswar/ar-AA16WiN1 |access-date=31 January 2023 |website=Press Trust of India |language=en-IN |archive-date=14 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314221501/https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/flight-links-jamshedpur-with-kolkata-bhubaneswar/ar-AA16WiN1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| [[IndiGo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-kolkata-ccu|title=Kolkata Airport Route Map|access-date=18 January 2023|archive-date=6 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406193801/https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-kolkata-ccu|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goindigo.in/|title=IndiGo Website|access-date=28 March 2024|archive-date=19 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519164040/http://www.goindigo.in/|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport|Agartala]], [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Lengpui Airport|Aizawl]], [[Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport|Amritsar]], [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zeebiz.com/economy-infra/aviation/news-indigo-adds-flights-to-singapore-bangkok-after-go-first-cancels-flights-interglobe-aviation-share-price-on-bse-nse-233237|title=IndiGo strengthens connectivity to Southeast Asia, adds flights connecting Singapore, Bangkok|work=Zee Business|date=3 May 2023|access-date=3 May 2023|archive-date=15 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515032500/https://www.zeebiz.com/economy-infra/aviation/news-indigo-adds-flights-to-singapore-bangkok-after-go-first-cancels-flights-interglobe-aviation-share-price-on-bse-nse-233237|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]], [[Biju Patnaik Airport|Bhubaneswar]], [[Chandigarh Airport|Chandigarh]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Coimbatore International Airport|Coimbatore]], [[Darbhanga Airport|Darbhanga]], [[Dehradun Airport|Dehradun]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Deoghar Airport|Deoghar]],<ref>{{cite news|title= PM Modi inaugurates Deoghar airport, flags off flight to Kolkata|url= https://www.firstpost.com/india/pm-modi-inaugurates-deoghar-airport-flags-off-flight-to-kolkata-10900691.html|work= Firstpost|date= 12 July 2022|access-date= 12 July 2022|archive-date= 2 January 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230102113627/https://www.firstpost.com/india/pm-modi-inaugurates-deoghar-airport-flags-off-flight-to-kolkata-10900691.html|url-status= live}}</ref> [[Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport|Dhaka]], [[Dibrugarh Airport|Dibrugarh]], [[Dimapur Airport|Dimapur]], [[Gaya Airport|Gaya]], [[Hindon Airport|Ghaziabad]],<ref>{{cite web |title=IndiGo to launch Ghaziabad Hindon - Kolkata, Ahmedabad eff 20JUL2025 |url=https://x.com/AviationAll_/status/1935696739966779490?t=OJ1lXX4_SBjoqc8qq4O2YQ&s=19| access-date=20 June 2025}}</ref> [[Dabolim Airport|Goa–Dabolim]], [[Manohar International Airport|Goa–Mopa]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230307-6edom|title=INDIGO 1H23 DOMESTIC ROUTES ADDITION SUMMARY – 05MAR23|work=Aeroroutes|access-date=7 March 2023|archive-date=27 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627142713/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230307-6edom|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Gorakhpur Airport|Gorakhpur]], [[Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport|Guangzhou]],<ref>{{cite web |title=IndiGo Tentatively Schedules Guangzhou Service Resumption in NW25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250929-6enw25can |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=3 October 2025}}</ref> [[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]], [[Noi Bai International Airport|Hanoi]],<ref name="Hanoi">{{Cite tweet |author=[[IndiGo]] |user=IndiGO6E |number=1513867038455914506 |title=  Fly with us to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City | date= 12 April 2022}}</ref> [[Tan Son Nhat International Airport|Ho Chi Minh City]],<ref name="Hanoi"/> [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Imphal Airport|Imphal]], [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|Indore]], [[Donyi Polo Airport|Itanagar]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia flags off first flight from Itanagar's Donyi Polo Airport|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/civil-aviation-minister-jyotiraditya-scindia-flags-off-first-flight-from-itanagars-donyi-polo-airport/articleshow/95823390.cms|work=The Economic Times|date=28 November 2022|access-date=28 November 2022|language=en|archive-date=28 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128090635/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/civil-aviation-minister-jyotiraditya-scindia-flags-off-first-flight-from-itanagars-donyi-polo-airport/articleshow/95823390.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jaipur International Airport|Jaipur]], [[Jharsuguda Airport|Jharsuguda]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ArenaJet/status/1712476660409491829|title=IndiGo to launch flights to Jharsuguda from November 2023|work=JetArena|access-date=12 October 2023|archive-date=15 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015063917/https://twitter.com/ArenaJet/status/1712476660409491829|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jorhat Airport|Jorhat]], [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport|Lucknow]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai–Shivaji]], [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport|Nagpur]], [[Jay Prakash Narayan Airport|Patna]], [[Phuket International Airport|Phuket]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241202-6edec24hkt|title=IndiGo Plans Kolkata – Phuket late-Dec 2024 Launch|work=Aeroroutes|accessdate=2 December 2024}}</ref> [[Veer Savarkar International Airport|Port Blair]], [[Pune Airport|Pune]], [[Purnea Airport|Purnea]], [[Swami Vivekananda Airport|Raipur]], [[Birsa Munda Airport|Ranchi]], [[Shillong Airport|Shillong]], [[Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport|Siem Reap]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/indigo-to-commence-kolkata-siem-reap-service-in-nov-2025-1333781|title=IndiGo to commence Kolkata-Siem Reap service in Nov-2025|work=CAPA|accessdate=2 October 2025}}</ref> [[Silchar Airport|Silchar]], [[Bagdogra Airport|Siliguri]], [[Changi Airport|Singapore]], [[Srinagar Airport|Srinagar]], [[Surat Airport|Surat]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport|Varanasi]], [[Visakhapatnam Airport|Visakhapatnam]]
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| {{nowrap|[[Malaysia Airlines]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/malaysia-airlines-to-restart-kuala-lumpur-kolkata-direct-flights-from-december-2/cid/2054121|title=Malaysia Airlines to restart Kuala Lumpur-Kolkata direct flights from December 2|work=telegraphindia|accessdate=9 October 2024|archive-date=9 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009010827/https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/malaysia-airlines-to-restart-kuala-lumpur-kolkata-direct-flights-from-december-2/cid/2054121|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur–International]]
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| {{nowrap|[[Myanmar Airways International]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightconnections.com/route-map-myanmar-airways-8m|title=Myanmar Airways Route Map|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=7 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307231330/https://www.flightconnections.com/route-map-myanmar-airways-8m|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Yangon International Airport|Yangon]]
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| {{nowrap|[[Qatar Airways]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qatarairways.com/en-in/destinations/flights-to-kolkata.html|title=Qatar Airways' About Kolkata webpage|access-date=16 February 2022|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408181800/https://www.qatarairways.com/en-in/destinations/flights-to-kolkata.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Hamad International Airport|Doha]]
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| {{nowrap|[[Singapore Airlines]]}} | [[Changi Airport|Singapore]]<ref>{{OAGWorldAug2025Ref|title=Singapore, Singapore SIN|pages=1214-1219}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kolkata-Singapore flights to resume at the end of November |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/kolkata-singapore-flights-to-resume-at-the-end-of-november/articleshow/87776230.cms |website=Times of India Travel |date=18 November 2021 |access-date=22 April 2024 |archive-date=21 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721165552/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/kolkata-singapore-flights-to-resume-at-the-end-of-november/articleshow/87776230.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| [[SpiceJet]]<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.flightconnections.com/route-map-spicejet-sg | title= SpiceJet Route Map | access-date= 3 September 2023 | archive-date= 7 March 2023 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230307231411/https://www.flightconnections.com/route-map-spicejet-sg | url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="SJ">{{cite web|url=https://corporate.spicejet.com/schedules.aspx|title=SpiceJet Flight Schedule|publisher=Official Website of SpiceJet|access-date=19 September 2025|archive-date=16 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216083736/https://corporate.spicejet.com/Schedules.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]], [[Jaipur International Airport|Jaipur]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai–Shivaji]], [[Veer Savarkar International Airport|Port Blair]], [[Pune Airport|Pune]], [[Bagdogra Airport|Siliguri]], [[Maharana Pratap Airport|Udaipur]] 
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| [[Star Air (India) | Star Air]] | [[Purnea Airport|Purnea]]<ref>{{cite web| title= Flight Schedule - StarAir Ticket Booking| url= https://www.starair.in/FaresAndRules/flightSchedule}}</ref>
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| [[Thai AirAsia]] | [[Don Mueang International Airport|Bangkok–Don Mueang]]<ref>{{OAGWorldAug2025Ref|title=Bangkok, Thailand BKK|pages=109-113}}</ref> 
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| [[Thai Airways International]] | [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi]]<ref>{{OAGWorldAug2025Ref|title=Bangkok, Thailand BKK|pages=109-113}}</ref><ref name="Thai">{{cite news| url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2639869/thai-operates-flights-to-kaohsiung-penang-kolkata-with-airbus-a320| title=Thai Airways to resume Kolkata services| newspaper=Bangkok Post| date=September 2023| access-date=1 September 2023| archive-date=1 September 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901073246/https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2639869/thai-operates-flights-to-kaohsiung-penang-kolkata-with-airbus-a320| url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Thai Lion Air]] | [[Don Mueang International Airport|Bangkok–Don Mueang]]<ref>{{OAGWorldAug2025Ref|title=Bangkok, Thailand BKK|pages=109-113}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Thai airlines expand routes to capitalise on booming Indian tourism|date=10 December 2024 |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/business/corporate/40044026}}</ref>
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| [[Thai VietJet Air]] | [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Liu|first=Jim|title=Thai VietJet Air Adds Bangkok – Kolkata in mid-4Q25|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250721-vz4q25ccu|website=AeroRoutes|date=22 July 2025}}</ref>
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| {{nowrap|[[US-Bangla Airlines]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usbair.com/flight_destination/route_map#international|title=US Bangla Flight routes|access-date=16 February 2022|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815025535/https://usbair.com/flight_destination/route_map#international|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport|Dhaka]]
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===Cargo===
{{Airport-dest-list
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| [[Blue Dart Aviation]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Blue Dart Aviation Ltd.|url=https://bluedartaviation.com/|access-date=4 August 2020|website=bluedartaviation.com|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728223435/https://bluedartaviation.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Destinations, Blue Dart Aviation|url=https://www.bluedartaviation.com/corporatebg_net.htm|access-date=30 October 2021|website=bluedartaviation.com|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728223435/https://bluedartaviation.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]] 
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| [[IndiGo|IndiGo CarGo]] | [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Ezhou Huahu Airport|Ezhou]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stattimes.com/air-cargo/indigo-cargo-starts-kolkata-ezhou-flights-1352882|title=IndiGo CarGo start Kolkata-Ezhou flights|publisher=Stat Times|date=3 August 2024|accessdate=25 January 2025}}</ref> [[Noi Bai International Airport|Hanoi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Yangon Airport|Yangon]]
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| [[My Indo Airlines]] | [[Yangon Airport|Yangon]]
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| [[Qatar Airways|Qatar Airways Cargo]] | [[Hamad International Airport|Doha]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Qatar Airways Cargo have launched Scheduled Cargo Operations to Kolkata 🇮🇳|url=https://x.com/AviationAll_/status/1964624081048990077?t=gVuKTUozzrKYY7pkTPtpNQ&s=19|date=7 September 2025}}</ref>, [[Macau International Airport|Macau]]
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| [[YTO Cargo Airlines]] | [[Al Maktoum International Airport|Dubai–Al Maktoum]], [[Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport|Hangzhou]]
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== Statistics ==
As of the financial year 2024–25, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is the sixth-busiest airport in India in terms of the total number of passengers served and with respect to the number of flights departing and arriving at the airport, which was about 21.8 million passengers in the FY and 408 flights a day respectively. This was a 10.3% increase from the previous year. Out of which, 19.4 million passengers were domestic travellers and 2.4 million were international travellers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Total passengers (Intl+Dom)|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex3.pdf%7C%7D%7D%7C|date=24 April 2025}}</ref> The cargo traffic saw an increase of 9.2% from its previous year, with 165,617.9 metric tonnes of cargo, the best CCU has ever handled so far.<ref>{{cite news|title=Total (Intl+Dom.) freight|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex4.pdf%7C%7D%7D%7C|date=24 April 2025}}</ref>
 
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=CCU}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Passenger and cargo traffic (2009–2025)
! rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" |Year
! colspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle;" |Passengers
! rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" |Change
! rowspan="2" |Cargo ({{Abbr|MT|Metric tonne}})
! rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" |Change
! rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;" |Ref
|-
!International
!Domestic
!Total
|-
|2009–10
|11,87,160
|68,58,564
|80,45,724
|{{steady}}
|1,10,256
|{{steady}}
|<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=Traffic statistics - passengers (Int'l+Dom.) March 2011|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k12annex3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716212339/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k12annex3.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2020|access-date=12 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=Traffic statistics - freight (Int'l+Dom.) March 2011|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k11annex4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711224125/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k11annex4.pdf|archive-date=11 July 2020|access-date=12 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref>
|-
|2010–11
|14,28,086
|82,03,586
|96,31,672
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 19.7%
|1,29,957
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 17.9%
|<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" />
|-
|2011–12
|15,66,102
|87,37,889
|1,03,03,991
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 7.0%
|1,25,593
| style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}} 3.4%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Traffic statistics - Passengers (Int'l+Dom.) March 2012|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k12annex3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716212339/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k12annex3.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2020|access-date=13 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Traffic statistics - Freight (Int'l+Dom.) March 2012|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k12annex4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716212052/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k12annex4.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2020|access-date=12 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref>
|-
|2012–13
|16,44,339
|84,24,316
|1,00,68,655
| style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}} 2.3%
|1,23,491
| style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}} 1.7%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Traffic statistics. March 2013|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k12annex3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716212339/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k12annex3.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2020|access-date=12 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Traffic statistics - Freight (Int'l+Dom.) March 2013|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k13annex4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419183717/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k13annex4.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2018|access-date=12 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2013–14
|17,65,013
|83,35,219
|1,01,00,232
| style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}} 0.7%
|1,29,782
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 6.2%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Traffic statistics - Passengers (Int'l+Dom.) March 2014|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k14annex3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420010501/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k14annex3.pdf|archive-date=20 April 2018|access-date=13 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Traffic statistics - Freight (Int'l+Dom.) March 2014|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k14annex4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420010446/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/mar2k14annex4.pdf|archive-date=20 April 2018|access-date=13 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref>
|-
|2014–15
|19,26,562
|89,90,107
|1,09,16,669
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 8.1%
|1,36,699
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 5.3%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Passengers (Int'l+Dom.) March 2015|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k15annex3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301225711/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k15annex3.pdf|archive-date=1 March 2018|access-date=13 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Freight (Int'l+Dom.) March 2015|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k15annex4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419183845/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k15annex4.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2018|access-date=13 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref>
|-
|2015–16
|22,17,473
|1,02,03,771
|1,24,21,244
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 13.8%
|1,39,679
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 2.2%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Passengers (Int'l+Dom.) March 2016|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k16annex3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519060700/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k16annex3.pdf|archive-date=19 May 2018|access-date=13 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Freight (Int'l+Dom.) March 2016|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k16annex4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420010353/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k16annex4.pdf|archive-date=20 April 2018|access-date=13 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref>
|-
|2016–17
|22,30,071
|1,35,89,468
|1,58,19,539
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 24.0%
|1,52, 415
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 9.0%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Passengers (Int'l+Dom.) March 2017|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k17annex3R.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190227/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k17annex3R.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2018|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Traffic statistics - Freight (Int'l+Dom.) March 2017|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k17annex4R.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301164755/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k17annex4R.pdf|archive-date=1 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2017–18
|25,86,775
|1,73,05,749
|1,98,92,524
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 25.7%
|1,63,323
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 7.2%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Passengers (Int'l+Dom.) March 2018|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501224523/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex3.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2018|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Traffic statistics - Freight (Int'l+Dom.) March 2018|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501224509/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k18annex4.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2018|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2018–19
|27,86,805
|1,90,90,545 
|2,18,77,350 
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 10.0%
|1,55,232
| style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}} 5.0%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Passengers (Int'l+Dom.) March 2019|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426163239/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2019|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Total Freight (Intl+Dom) March 2019|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426163842/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex4.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2019|access-date=13 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref>
|-
|2019–20
|29,39,322
|1,90,76,069
|2,20,15,391
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 0.6%
|1,53,468
| style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}} 1.1%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Passengers (Int'l+Dom.) March 2019|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K20Annex3.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426163239/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K20Annex3.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2019|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Total Freight (Intl+Dom) March 2019|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K20Annex4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426163842/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K20Annex4.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2019|access-date=13 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref>
|-
|2020–21
|1,43,081
|75,85,825
|77,28,906
| style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}} 64.9%
|1,04,953
| style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}} 31.6%
|<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|title=TOTAL PASSENGERS (INTL+DOM)|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex3.pdf|access-date=14 June 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507151241/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex3.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|title=TOTAL(INTL+DOM) FREIGHT|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex4.pdf|access-date=14 June 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507170733/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex4.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2021–22
|3,42,665
|1,06,93,443
|1,10,36,108
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 42.8%
|1,38,127
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 31.6%
|<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref name="autogenerated2"/>
|-
|2022–23
|19,56,019
|1,58,02,453
|1,77,58,472
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 60.9%
|1,36,022
| style="text-align:left;"|{{decrease}} 1.5%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Passenger Movement 2022-23|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/rev_Mar2k23Annex3.pdf|access-date=26 December 2023|archive-date=25 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225224744/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/rev_Mar2k23Annex3.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Freight Movement 2022-23|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/rev_Mar2k23Annex4.pdf|access-date=26 December 2023|archive-date=1 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501080112/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/rev_Mar2k23Annex4.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2023–24
|24,68,601
|1,73,15,816
|1,97,84,417
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 11.4%
|1,51,626
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 11.5%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Passenger Movement 2023-24|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k24Annex3.pdf|access-date=19 April 2024|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620120023/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k24Annex3.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Freight Movement 2023-24|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k24Annex4.pdf|access-date=19 April 2024|archive-date=19 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419133127/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k24Annex4.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2024–25
|24,19,466
|1,94,11,652
|2,18,31,118
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 10.3%
|1,65,617.9
| style="text-align:left;"|{{increase}} 9.2%
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Passenger Movement 2024-25|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex3.pdf|access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Freight Movement 2024-25|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex4.pdf|access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref>
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Busiest domestic routes from CCU (2024–25)'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Directorate General of Civil Aviation {{!}} Government of India |url=https://www.dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/?baseLocale=en_US?page=yearly/4267/9616/html&mainundefined |access-date=9 December 2025 |website=www.dgca.gov.in}}</ref>
!Rank
!Airport
!Carriers
!Departing passengers
|-
|1
|[[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]]
|[[Air India]], [[IndiGo]], [[SpiceJet]], [[Akasa Air]]
|1,422,349
|-
|2
|[[Kempegowda International Airport|Bengaluru]]
|[[Air India Express]], [[Akasa Air]], [[IndiGo]]
|1,180,899
|-
|3
|[[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]
|[[Air India]], [[Akasa Air]], [[IndiGo]] ,[[SpiceJet]]
|1,071,297
|-
|4
|[[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]]
|[[Air India Express]], [[IndiGo]]
|604,223
|-
|5
|[[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]]
|[[IndiGo]], [[SpiceJet]], [[Alliance Air (India)]], [[Air India Express]]
|552,468
|-
|6
|[[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]]
|[[Air India]], [[Air India Express]], [[IndiGo]]
|535,483
|-
|7
|[[Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport|Agartala]]
|[[IndiGo]], [[Air India Express]]
|377,454
|-
|8
|[[Bagdogra Airport|Bagdogra]]
|[[SpiceJet]], [[Air India Express]], [[IndiGo]]
|318,782
|-
|9
|[[Biju Patnaik Airport|Bhubaneswar]]
|[[Alliance Air (India)]], [[IndiGo]], [[Air India Express]]
|286,814
|-
|10
|[[Veer Savarkar International Airport|Port Blair]]
|[[SpiceJet]], [[Air India Express]], [[IndiGo]], [[Akasa Air]]
|274,011
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Busiest International routes from CCU (2023–24)'''<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Directorate General of Civil Aviation {{!}} Government of India |url=https://www.dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/?page=yearly/4267/7261/html&mainundefined |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=www.dgca.gov.in}}</ref>
!Rank
!Airport
!Carriers
!Departing passengers
|-
|1
|[[Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport|Dhaka]]
|[[Air India]], [[Biman Bangladesh]], [[Indigo]], [[NovoAir]], [[US-Bangla Airlines]]
|2,60,277
|-
|3
|[[Bangkok]] ([[Suvarnabhumi Airport|BKK]], [[Don Mueang International Airport|DMK]])
|[[Bhutan Airlines]], [[Indigo]], [[Spicejet]],[[Thai Airways]], [[Thai Smile Airways]], [[Thai Air Asia]]
|2,01,982
|-
|2
|[[Dubai International Airport|Dubai]]
|[[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]], [[Flydubai]]
|1,92,424
|-
|4
|[[Changi Airport|Singapore]]
|[[IndiGo]], [[Singapore Airlines]]
|1,04,026
|-
|5
|[[Hamad International Airport|Doha]]
|[[Qatar Airways]]
|75,364
|-
|6
|[[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur]]
|[[AirAsia]], [[Batik Air Malaysia]], [[Malaysia Airlines]]
|61,930
|-
|7
|[[Tan Son Nhat International Airport|Ho Chi Minh City]]
|[[IndiGo]]
|22,580
|-
|8
|[[Tribhuvan International Airport|Kathmandu]]
|[[Air India]]
|20,930
|-
|9
|[[Noi Bai International Airport|Hanoi]]
|[[IndiGo]]
|18,158
|-
|10
|[[Phuket International Airport|Phuket]]
|[[IndiGo]], [[Thai AirAsia]]
|15,405
|}

==Ground transport==

===Roads===
[[File:Kolkata airport.jpg|thumb|right|The [[West Bengal Transport Corporation]] operating air conditioned buses from the Airport Bus Terminus]]

The airport has a well-established facility of prepaid taxis and air-conditioned buses connecting it to the city centre. Ride-hailing services including [[Uber]] and [[Ola Cabs|Ola]] operate here regularly. As part of the larger modernisation programme, a flyover at [[Nagerbazar]] and an entry ramp on [[VIP Road]] have also been constructed. A {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=}} flyover from [[Kestopur]] to Raghunathpur (near Tegharia) was built to speed up airport-bound traffic. These reduced journey times to the airport.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 March 2012|title=Nagerbazar flyover finally opens to public|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Nagerbazar-flyover-finally-opens-to-public/articleshow/12398363.cms|access-date=9 July 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206194421/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Nagerbazar-flyover-finally-opens-to-public/articleshow/12398363.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=7 March 2015|first=Suman |last=Chakraborti |title=Kolkata's VIP Road flyover to be opened tomorrow|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkatas-VIP-Road-flyover-to-be-opened-tomorrow/articleshow/46479930.cms|access-date=9 July 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220180911/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkatas-VIP-Road-flyover-to-be-opened-tomorrow/articleshow/46479930.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Parking facilities at the new terminal include two underground parking levels accommodating 3000 cars, as well as an outdoor car parking that can handle an additional 2000 cars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kolkata International Airport Parking and Charges - IndiaAirport.com|url=http://indiaairport.com/airports/kolkata/parking.htm|access-date=9 July 2020|website=indiaairport.com|archive-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709143245/http://indiaairport.com/airports/kolkata/parking.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Park & Fly|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/passenger-info/kolkata/Park-&-Fly|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715100518/https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/passenger-info/kolkata/Park-%26-Fly|archive-date=15 July 2020|access-date=14 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Transport|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/transport/kolkata|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716120902/https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/transport/kolkata|archive-date=16 July 2020|access-date=14 July 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref>

[[File:WBTC Airport Bus Terminus.jpg|thumb|WBTC Airport Bus Terminus]]

[[West Bengal Transport Corporation]] (WBTC) operates air conditioned buses to major parts of [[Kolkata]] from 07:00 to 23:00 Hrs throughout the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/night-ac-bus-services-from-airport-to-howrah-tolly/articleshow/101056252.cms|title=Night AC bus services from airport to Howrah & Tolly|work=The Times of India|date=17 June 2023 |access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref>

===Bus routes===
* AC 39 (Airport Terminal - Howrah Stn.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youfindgo.com/listing/ac-39-bus-services/|title=AC 39 Bus Route|publisher=YouFindGo|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref>
* VS 2 (Airport Terminal - Howrah Stn.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nscbiairport.com/transport/bus|title=VS 2 Bus timing details|publisher=Airports Authority of India|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref>
* V1 (Airport Terminal - Tollygunge)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nscbiairport.com/transport/bus|title=V1 Bus timing details|publisher=Airports Authority of India|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref>
* AC 37A (Airport Terminal - Garia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youfindgo.com/listing/ac-37-a-bus-services/|title=AC 37A Bus Route|publisher=YouFindGo|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref>
* AC 43 (Airport Terminal - Golf Green)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youfindgo.com/listing/ac-43-bus-services-2/|title=AC 43 Bus Route|publisher=YouFindGo|access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref>

===Metro===
[[File:Jai Hind (Airport) Metro Main Gate.jpg|thumb|Jai Hind (Airport) Metro Station]]
The airport is connected at [[Jai Hind metro station]], which opened on 22 August 2025 with one [[Kolkata Metro]] line from [[Noapara metro station|Noapara]] ([[Yellow Line (Kolkata Metro)|Yellow Line]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Metro - Rail set to take over East-West|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|access-date=9 May 2015|work=telegraphindia.com|archive-date=1 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601181514/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110208/jsp/calcutta/story_13549408.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the largest underground metro station in India and the station will eventually also serve another line from [[New Garia]] ([[Orange Line (Kolkata Metro)|Orange Line]]). Both lines will converge at Jai Hind, with Orange line terminating at this station and Yellow Line moving towards Barasat metro station.

===Rail===
[[File:Jai Hind Metro Station (Nov 2024-Apr 2025) time lapse pics 13.jpg|left|thumb|Biman Bandar railway station remants]]
The airport was connected to the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system's [[Kolkata Circular Railway|circular line]] branch. The {{convert|4|km|mi|abbr=}} long elevated track connected the airport [[Biman Bandar railway station]] with [[Dum Dum Cantonment railway station]], passing [[Jessore Road railway station|Jessore Road]]. [[Electric multiple unit]] rolling stocks served the line. Due to poor patronage and plans to replace it with [[Yellow Line (Kolkata Metro)|yellow Line metro service]], the railway line was closed in September 2016 to facilitate construction of the new lines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Services End on Kolkata's Circular Railway to Facilitate Metro's Construction |url=https://themetrorailguy.com/2016/10/13/services-end-on-kolkatas-circular-railway-to-facilitate-metros-construction/ |website=The Metro Rail Guy |access-date=23 December 2018 |date=13 October 2016 |archive-date=23 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223211443/https://themetrorailguy.com/2016/10/13/services-end-on-kolkatas-circular-railway-to-facilitate-metros-construction/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=18 January 2020|first=Tamaghna|last=Banerjee |title=Defunct Circular Rail track dismantled|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/defunct-circular-rail-track-dismantled/articleshow/73339910.cms|access-date=9 July 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213141717/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/defunct-circular-rail-track-dismantled/articleshow/73339910.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The remaining infrastructure was dismantled in early 2020 to make space for road upgrades.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Tamaghna|last1=Banerjee|access-date=14 July 2020|title=Defunct Circular Rail track dismantled|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/defunct-circular-rail-track-dismantled/articleshow/73339910.cms|website=The Times of India|date=18 January 2020 |archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213141717/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/defunct-circular-rail-track-dismantled/articleshow/73339910.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2024, the iconic station building still exists as Kolkata metro Railways headquarters.

Presently, the nearest railway stations are [[Dum Dum Cantonment railway station]] and [[Durganagar railway station]].

==Awards==
In 2014 and 2015, the airport won the title of ''Best Improved Airport'' in the [[Asia-Pacific]] region awarded by the [[Airport Council International]]. The airport was awarded the ''Best Airport by Hygiene Measures in the Asia-Pacific'' in 2020 by Airports Council International.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 - Best Hygiene Measures |url=https://aci.aero/customer-experience-asq/asq-awards-and-recognition/asq-awards/current-winner-2020/best-hygiene-measures/ |website= |access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>

== Accidents and incidents ==
On 2 May 1953, [[BOAC Flight 783]] [[de Havilland Comet]] bound for Delhi [[de Havilland Comet#Early hull losses|crashed after takeoff]] from Calcutta Airport with the loss of 43 lives. Parts of the aircraft were found spread over an area of 8&nbsp;km², near Jugalgari, a village some 25&nbsp;miles north-west of Calcutta, suggesting disintegration before impact with the ground.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 May 1953|title=Loss of a Comet|work=[[Flight Global]]|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1953/1953%20-%200594.html|access-date=18 September 2011|archive-date=6 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306101220/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1953/1953%20-%200594.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 12 June 1968, a [[Pan-Am]] Flight (N798PA, named Clipper Caribbean) [[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-321C]] struck a tree 1128&nbsp;m short of the runway during a night-time visual approach in rain. The aircraft subsequently crashed and caught fire. The fuselage remained largely intact, although the aircraft's landing gear broke off. Out of the 10 crew and 53 passengers aboard, one crew member and five passengers suffered fatal injuries due to the fire.<ref>{{cite news|title=CAA Paper 2002|work=[[Civil Aviation Authority]]|url=http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAPAP2002_4.PDF|url-status=dead|access-date=18 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606163132/http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAPAP2002_4.PDF|archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=15 October 2017|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-321C N798PA Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680612-2|access-date=9 July 2020|website=Aviation Safety Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015234810/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680612-2|archive-date=15 October 2017}}</ref>

On 22 December 2015, a [[Jet Airways]] bus slammed into the side of an [[Alliance Air (India)|Air India Regional]] [[ATR 42-500]] aircraft. There were no fatalities. An investigation revealed that the driver was sleeping.<ref>{{cite news |title=Air India plane unfit to fly, may be scrapped after bus crash |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/air-india-plane-unfit-to-fly-may-be-scrapped-after-bus-crash/articleshow/50307194.cms |access-date=28 May 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=24 December 2015 |archive-date=28 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528111444/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/air-india-plane-unfit-to-fly-may-be-scrapped-after-bus-crash/articleshow/50307194.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jet Airways bus crashes into Air India jet at Kolkata airport |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kolkata-jet-airways-bus-crashes-into-air-india-plane-no-casualties/story-80Yv3RvwyicADPjwLpZbyL.html |access-date=28 May 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=22 December 2015 |archive-date=28 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528024018/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kolkata-jet-airways-bus-crashes-into-air-india-plane-no-casualties/story-80Yv3RvwyicADPjwLpZbyL.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Behala Airport]]
* [[Airports in India]]
* [[List of airports in West Bengal]]
* [[List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
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==External links==
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