How long before domestic flight to arrive at airport?
Nov 28, 2021, 8:20 pm
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How long before domestic flight to arrive at airport?
Hi all- I'm making a trip to India after quite a few years, and will be making a number of internal flights to fulfil my various family obligations. How long before my flights would you recommend that I arrive at the airport(s) in general? I'm primarily concerned with DEL and DED. I haven't booked my flights yet (want to make sure that the timings work with whatever info I get from this question), but will mostly be flying Indigo with possibly a segment on Alliance Air.
Nov 28, 2021, 10:14 pm
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security in places like del & bom has been a mess as of late so a safe bet would be to arrive 2 hours before your flight at the larger airports....especially is you have luggage to check in....if not then i would still recommend getting to the airport 90 minutes before your flight....
smaller airports like ded should be better in terms of how long it will take you to check-in & get through security....
just to give you an example, i have taken 3 flights out of del over the last couple of weeks & it has taken me an average of 45 minutes just to get through security....in places like lko, bbi & ixd it has taken me less than 10 minutes....
smaller airports like ded should be better in terms of how long it will take you to check-in & get through security....
just to give you an example, i have taken 3 flights out of del over the last couple of weeks & it has taken me an average of 45 minutes just to get through security....in places like lko, bbi & ixd it has taken me less than 10 minutes....
Nov 29, 2021, 5:39 am
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security in places like del & bom has been a mess as of late so a safe bet would be to arrive 2 hours before your flight at the larger airports....especially is you have luggage to check in....if not then i would still recommend getting to the airport 90 minutes before your flight....
smaller airports like ded should be better in terms of how long it will take you to check-in & get through security....
just to give you an example, i have taken 3 flights out of del over the last couple of weeks & it has taken me an average of 45 minutes just to get through security....in places like lko, bbi & ixd it has taken me less than 10 minutes....
smaller airports like ded should be better in terms of how long it will take you to check-in & get through security....
just to give you an example, i have taken 3 flights out of del over the last couple of weeks & it has taken me an average of 45 minutes just to get through security....in places like lko, bbi & ixd it has taken me less than 10 minutes....
Nov 29, 2021, 8:10 am
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Nov 29, 2021, 8:30 am
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Thanks again! Slightly off topic-- have you ever flown with Alliance? They have the best timing on a flight from DED-DEL that I need to take, but are running an ATR 72-600 (Versus the A320's that Indigo uses on that route), and I'm wondering if they're more likely to have issues within delays/cancellations.
Nov 29, 2021, 11:56 am
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Thanks again! Slightly off topic-- have you ever flown with Alliance? They have the best timing on a flight from DED-DEL that I need to take, but are running an ATR 72-600 (Versus the A320's that Indigo uses on that route), and I'm wondering if they're more likely to have issues within delays/cancellations.
Nov 29, 2021, 2:38 pm
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Thanks again-- that is good to hear.