✈ DEL → ATL

16H 1M FROM DELHI TO ATLANTA. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.

Flight time
16h 1m
Distance
7,973 mi
Or
12,831 km
Jet lag
9.5h

Flight from Delhi to Atlanta

From Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia  →  Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Atlanta → Delhi

How long is the flight from Delhi to Atlanta?

A nonstop flight from Delhi (DEL) to Atlanta (ATL) takes about 16 hours 1 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,973 miles (12,831 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 1m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,973 mi

12,831 km · great-circle

Avg speed

801 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Delhi timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Atlanta timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Time difference

-9.5h

9h 30m behind

Jet lag (rough)

~6.7d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1899 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2194 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 526 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.