CCU is an airport located in Dum Dum, West Bengal, India, near Kolkata. The civil airport was originally known as Dum Dum Airport before being renamed in the honour of the Bengali Indian patriot Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

It has two parallel runways 1-19 L/R, of which the longer one, 1R/19L is used for takeoffs and landings, while the other one is used mostly as a taxiway .

It is located approximately 17 km from the city centre. Once airport was one of the busiest in Asia. Today it is a small airport providing domestic as well as a few international connections. The airport has three terminals: a domestic terminal (opened in the early 1990s), an international terminal (the oldest terminal) and a cargo terminal.

Recently the airport has been revamped to make it one of the better airports in the country.

Things to do

Shopping Places

The New Market, founded in 1874, is the oldest shopping place in the city where one can shop everying under the same roof. Other important markets are Air-Conditioned market and Vardaan market.

Kundahar and Ananda are famous for sarees. Dakshinapan is a well known market for For handicrafts and textiles.

Night life

Kolkata night life is different for the cacophony of Delhi's clubs and the full-night outs of Mumbai, though there are dances, drinking and musical unwindings. The happenin night spots of Kolkata are:

•  Park Hotel

•  Dublin, ITC Hotel Sonar Bangla

•  The Big Ben

•  Sunset Bar

Places of Interest

Kolkata offers you many of the past as well as present wonders. Combined tours of Maidan, National Museum, Victoria Memorial, St Paul's Cathedral and Birla Planetorium, Eden Garden, Botanical Garden and Kolkata Zoo leaves memories of a life time to any avid tourist.

Victoria Memorial
Located in the heart of Kolkata it a marbel wonder that reminds colonial India and the British architecture.

Birla Planetarium
The Birla Planetarium is an important landmark on the city skyline and one of the largest of its kind in India.

St Paul's Cathedral
It is an imposing structure and one of the first important churches built in India.

Eden Gardens
It is a grand cricket ground where some of the most famous cricket matches in the history of the country have taken place, such as the 1996 World Cup semi-final match between India and Sri Lanka.

Dakshineswar Kali Temple
It is the temple of arch goddess of the region, Kali, from which the city takes it name.

Howrah Bridge
This bridge is one of the most formidable structures of the world. It was constructed after 1943 and spans over 450 m.

BBD Bagh
Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh (a.k.a. Dalhousie Square) is surrounded on all sides by historical buildings like the Writers' Building, Raj Bhavan, State Legislative Assembly, Kolkata High Court, St John's Cathedral, GPO and Reserve Bank of India.