Delhi To Ranchi Flights

Delhi to Ranchi flight

Connectivity & Distance

The 1008 kilometre of the aerial distance between New Delhi and Ranchi is covered by an entire host of domestic carriers. For a flight between New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport and Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport, you can book yourself aboard either Vistara, AirAsia, IndiGo, or GoAir. A direct Delhi to Ranchi flight takes an average of 1 hour 50 minutes and there are flights available at a decent frequency. IndiGo and GoAir also serve connecting flights on the route that comes with a single stopover. To get a direct flight at a timing convenient to you, make sure you close your air ticket bookings at least two weeks ahead of your date of journey.

Direct flights from Delhi to Ranchi

In order to get Delhi Ranchi flights that take you directly, you can try out Vistara, IndiGo, GoAir or AirAsia. Each of these airlines operates direct flights that take an average of an hour and 50 minutes to get to Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. Vistara operates one of the earliest flights on the route which takes off from Delhi at 06:40 am and lands in Ranchi by 08:20 am after 1 hour 40 minutes. The next earliest flight is an IndiGo at 07:10 am that reaches Ranchi by 09:05 am in 1 hour 55 minutes. GoAir has a 09:00 am flight from Delhi that reaches Ranchi at 10:45 am taking a total time of 1 hour 45 minutes, and just a little later at 09:25 am is a flight by AirAsia that lands at its destination by 11:15 am after 1 hour 50 minutes. There are late-afternoon and early-evening flights by both AirAsia and IndiGo, with the former having a flight at 02:10 pm and the latter at 03:35 pm, each taking the same amount of time to reach Ranchi from New Delhi. Even IndiGo has a flight at 03:35 pm that arrives at its destination after 1 hour 50 minutes at 05:25 pm. The frequency is fairly decent on the route with IndiGo having a noon flight at 12:05 pm that reaches Ranchi by 02:20 pm after 2 hours 15 minutes, this also happens to be one the longest flights on the route, and another at 01:55 pm by the same airline that arrives in Ranchi by 04:10 pm in 2 hours 15 minutes. The last flight on the route is also by IndiGo at 06:15 pm that reaches its destination after an hour and 50 minutes, even Vistara has one of the last flights on the route, with it taking off from Delhi at 06:00 pm and landing in Ranchi at 07:40 pm in 1 hour 40 minutes, this is also one of the shortest flights on the route.

Connecting Delhi to Ranchi flights

The connecting flight network on the route is operated by GoAir and IndiGo alone, with IndiGo having the lion’s share. These flights are a great idea for business travellers who wish to stop by at the layover city for a prior engagement before flying out to their onward destination. IndiGo flights have a layover in Patna that could go upwards of 5 hours before eventually flying out to Ranchi in a total of 8 hours 20 minutes. Some even have a layover in Kolkata for around 3 hours or more before arriving in Ranchi after taking a total of 6 hours and 15 minutes. Some IndiGo flights take as much as 12.5 hours to complete the journey, they have a layover in Mumbai that could go up to 7 hours 45 minutes. GoAir too has a connecting flight that halts in Mumbai for 3 hours before resuming the last leg of its journey to Ranchi in a total of 7 hours 50 minutes.

Delhi to Ranchi flights fare

Before you go ahead and book your flight ticket from Delhi to Ranchi, it would serve you well if you went through Yatra’s Lowest Airfare Calender to understand the cheapest month you need to plan your trip in. The Delhi to Ranchi flight fare calender gives you the cheapest fares for the eight subsequent months from the time of browsing, letting you narrow down on the cheapest days within that month when the fares are at an all-time low. You end up saving a great deal on your flight bookings. The fares for Delhi to Ranchi flights predominantly stay the same for much of the year with an average fare ranging between INR 2700 and INR 3510 for a one-way ticket. Vistara, GoAir, IndiGo and AirAsia have some of the cheap flight fares on the route with a single ticket costing to the tune of INR 2700 for a one-way journey. The connecting flights are much steeper starting from INR 4147 going up to INR 6958, depending on the airline schedule and the detour it makes to the layover city. You have the choice of opting for a with-meal or without-meal fare.

Facilities at the Delhi and Ranchi airports

The New Delhi airport called the Indira Gandhi International Airport is one of the largest airports in the country, it not only has world-class terminals and passenger lounges but also outlets for duty-free shopping, dining and relaxation. There are ATMs, medical care, child care rooms with diaper changing tables and privacy for nursing mothers, spa and the Holiday Inn Express which is a transit hotel in the Terminal 3 of the IGI Airport. Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport is a domestic airport on the other hand and is growing in terms of operations. It has a baggage checking system, there are outlets where you can buy your breakfast or snacks at, aside from a spacious passenger waiting area, free baggage services for visitors among other facilities.

Arriving at the Delhi airport

The easiest way is to take an Ola or a Uber directly to the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Or for a more economical and faster service, you can use the Delhi Airport Metro Express service known as the Orange Line. The line connects the New Delhi metro station with Dwarka Sector 21 while joining the IGI Airport along the way. From the New Delhi metro station, the airport’s Terminal 2 or 3 is a quick 20-minute ride, and you wouldn’t even run the risk of getting stuck in a traffic jam.

Getting out of the Ranchi airport

The Ranchi airport or the Birsa Munda Airport is only a kilometre from the Hatia Railway Station and about 5 kilometre from Mecon Colony, Doranda Bus Stand. You can take a taxi from the airport to the bus stand and access the rest of the city from there because there are multiple private and state-owned buses departing from there to major parts of Ranchi city. The Hatia Railway Station is also very well connected with trains to parts of Jharkhand and outside it too. The airport has car rental kiosks which include pre-paid taxis and interstate taxis as well.

Flights from Delhi

Outside of operating flights to Ranchi, the New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport runs one of the country’s largest network of flights domestically and internationally too. You can fly to Mumbai, Chennai, Patna, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Srinagar, Kolkata, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Goa, Mysore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Kochi among others aboard AirAsia, Air India, GoAir, SpiceJet, Vistara and IndiGo. On the international front, there are flights, some direct, to London, New York, Washington DC, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Colombo, Male, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Muscat, Doha, Bahrain, Bangkok, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, Sydney, Melbourne, Moscow, Berlin to name a few. The prominent international airlines flying out of the Delhi airport include Emirates, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Etihad, Fly Dubai, British Airways, Lufthansa, Sri Lankan Airlines, Thai Airways, Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Swiss Airways, China Southern, China Eastern, South African Airlines, Aeroflot among a host of others.

Places to visit in Ranchi

The best time to visit Ranchi is the winter season that lasts from November to February when the weather is ideal for sightseeing during the day. Do visit the Panch Gagh Falls, just 3 kilometre from the city centre, with its string of five waterfalls cascading down a steep hill into the pretty village of Khunti. The Ranchi Lake is a major attraction in the capital of Jharkhand. Built by the British in 1842, the lake houses boating facilities. The Birsa Zoological Park is on the Ranchi-Patna highway and a place to watch an array of wildlife. Ranchi has several other waterfalls, lakes and temples, but do not miss a trip to the Tagore Hills, about 7 kilometre from main Ranchi city, set at an elevation of 200 feet and located in an isolated and scenic part of Ranchi. The Ranchi Rock Garden and Jagannath Temple nestled on a hillock, are among the other places you can round up on your trip.