New Delhi (DEL) – Varanasi (VNS)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
668 km
415 mi · 360 nm
Flight time
1 h 35 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
84 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (50 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
991,657
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · +16.0%
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 VNSDELVNS
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from DEL
120°
Heading from VNS
302°
Halfway point
27.03, 80.02
Great-circle km
667 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)Busiest: November 2025: 128,939 passengers
050K100K150KOctNov128.9KDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Show as a table
Month Passengers
Oct 202586,990
Nov 2025128,939
Dec 202584,526
Jan 202682,398
Feb 2026100,228
Mar 202697,898
Apr 202671,647
May 202673,247
Jun 202674,735
Jul 202665,079
Aug 202668,298
Sep 202657,672

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 667 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 VNS

Route Distance Passengers / year
VNS → BLR1,460 km 798,792
VNS → BOM1,247 km 770,207
VNS → HYD1,020 km 459,049
VNS → CCU647 km 211,110
VNS → NMI1,237 km 147,156
VNS → PNQ1,196 km 146,269
VNS → AMD1,071 km 140,572
VNS → SHJ2,747 km 128,235
VNS → MAA1,408 km 126,163
VNS → HDO654 km 69,683

Questions

New Delhi (DEL) and Varanasi (VNS) are 668 km (415 miles, 360 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.