New Delhi (DEL) – Ranchi (IXR)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,008 km
626 mi · 544 nm
Flight time
2 h
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
127 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (75 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
885,627
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · −6.3%
Flights / week
—
Not in this source
Seats filled
—
Airlines nonstop
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Not named in this source

Traffic: DGCA (India), domestic city-pair traffic, scheduled services, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026. DGCA marks these figures provisional. It reports cities, matched here to the airport. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from DEL to IXRDELIXR
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from DEL
123°
Heading from IXR
307°
Halfway point
25.99, 81.30
Great-circle km
1,008 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)Busiest: November 2025: 86,209 passengers
050K100KOctNov86.2KDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Show as a table
Month Passengers
Oct 202584,495
Nov 202586,209
Dec 202575,668
Jan 202668,167
Feb 202670,345
Mar 202673,112
Apr 202669,050
May 202682,407
Jun 202682,930
Jul 202665,111
Aug 202665,516
Sep 202662,617

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,008 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

More routes from DEL

Route Distance Passengers / year
DEL → BOM1,133 km 6,397,374
DEL → BLR1,702 km 4,906,042
DEL → HYD1,262 km 3,106,338
DEL → CCU1,313 km 2,911,506
DEL → PNQ1,151 km 2,854,843
DEL → AMD754 km 2,332,479
DEL → DXB2,186 km 2,174,793
DEL → MAA1,753 km 2,166,822
DEL → SXR641 km 1,848,030
DEL → GAU1,458 km 1,546,786

More routes from IXR

Route Distance Passengers / year
IXR → BLR1,378 km 465,625
IXR → HYD985 km 296,223
IXR → BOM1,374 km 266,477
IXR → CCU329 km 169,358
IXR → PNQ1,296 km 123,687
IXR → MAA1,266 km 113,808
IXR → AMD1,299 km 103,527
IXR → PAT253 km 63,155
IXR → BBI343 km 38,151
IXR → LKO588 km 25,799

Questions

New Delhi (DEL) and Ranchi (IXR) are 1,008 km (626 miles, 544 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.