About Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (IATA: CCU, ICAO: VECC) is an international airport located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving the Kolkata metropolitan area. It is located approximately 17 km (11 mi) from the city center. The airport was earlier known as Dum Dum Airport before being renamed after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a prominent leader of Indian independence movement.

Spread over an area of 2,460 acres (1,000 ha), Kolkata airport is the largest in eastern India and one of only two international airports operating in West Bengal, the other being in Bagdogra. For the financial year 2014-15, it is the fifth busiest airport in India in terms of over all passenger traffic after Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai with more than 10 million foot-falls annually. The Airport is a major center for flights to North-East India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Southeast Asia.

In 2014 & 2015, Kolkata Airport won the titles of Best Improved Airport in the Asia-Pacific region by the Airport Council International.

New Airport Terminal

The new glass-steel structure airport terminal is being constructed using green building concept, environment friendly technology and world class passenger facilities. New terminal shall be ready to serve its customers by 1st quarter of 2012. Airports Authority of India (AAI) appointed an international Architectural Design consultant for the designing of this new airport terminal with an emphasis on to derive operational synergy and optimum utilization of available resources by developing an integrated terminal building and a New York based Project Management consultant, Parsons Brinkerhoff, to supervise and monitor the construction of the state-of-art terminal building.

The work on the new integrated terminal has already started in November 2008.The new integrated terminal will be an wide V-shaped structure with two-tiers operations for arrivals and departures. Once completed, the total capacity of the airport will be increased to 20 million passengers per annum to accommodate a peak flow of 1,800 passengers per hour. The new terminal building will have 104 check-in counters, 44 immigration counters, 24 security gates, seven check-in conveyor belts islands with in-line X-BIS sorter systems, 16 nos of arrival carousels, 27 elevators, 16 escalators, 13 travelators and 18 aerobridges etc.

Design for the Kolkata Airport reflects the AAI's vision for a world-class terminal that incorporates cutting-edge technology with the cultural stamp of a region in history and arts. The building is perceived as a single spacious volume, through which passengers can easily flow from the roadway to the aircraft. The building’s interiors emanate a sense of calm, uncluttered spaces and a landscaped courtyard at the heart of the building that offer a place for passengers to relax, away from the stress of their long journeys.
Air-side Interface

The integrated passenger terminal will have an apron for parking aircraft on its northern and north-eastern sides. Eighteen aircraft are proposed to be parked in in-contact configuration. These stands will supplement to other 53 aircraft parking bays. Passengers will be able to embark or disembark from any aircraft stand and shall be able to proceed to either domestic or international functions.

City-side Interface

The approach road from the city shall be of an uni-directional 4 lane Approach Road merging with the existing road network without disrupting the vehicular flow to various other airport facilities. The proposed five level terminal is to be served by an elevated roadway leading to the departure facilities. The city side shall also be linked with the upcoming metro-rail connectivity from main city.
Other Developments

Owing to a holistic development of Kolkata airport the following works are also being planned:

 • Up-gradation of CNS/ATM systems
 • State-of art Air Traffic Control tower and Technical building
 • Metro-Rail connectivity from center city to airport with city check-in facilities.

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