Boeing 777-300ER K7066 flies Hyderabad to New Delhi in under two hours

Narendra Modi / Indian Presidential Flight's Boeing 777-300ER, tail number K7066, flew from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad to Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Friday, November 13, 2026. The aircraft departed at 13:47 UTC and touched down at 15:44 UTC. The flight took 1 hour and 56 minutes.

The departure airport, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, has a longest runway of 13,976 feet and sits at an elevation of 2,024 feet. The arrival airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, has a longest runway of 14,534 feet and an elevation of 777 feet.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 689 nautical miles, or 793 miles. The aircraft reached a top altitude of 40,000 feet and a top ground speed of 509 knots. Its average ground speed was 356 knots. Based on our estimate, the flight burned about 1,938 US gallons of fuel and produced about 18,618 kilograms of CO2. The Boeing 777-300ER is a long-range airliner with a typical seating capacity of around 300 passengers and a service ceiling of 43,100 feet.

This was the 25th landing by one of Narendra Modi / Indian Presidential Flight's aircraft at New Delhi in the tracked window from August 14 to November 12, 2026. The previous landing at New Delhi was on November 12, when K7067 arrived from Surat. The home base for these aircraft is Safdarjung Airport in New Delhi, about 6 nautical miles from the arrival airport. Other tracked aircraft that landed at New Delhi in the 24 hours before this flight included a Gulfstream G700 linked to Naveen Jindal and a Gulfstream G650ER linked to IBM.

Narendra Modi / Indian Presidential Flight operates two Boeing 777-300ERs and three Boeing 737-700 BBJs for government travel. India is a BRICS member and the world's most populous nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited over 80 countries since taking office in 2014. The aircraft are configured with VVIP interiors, self-protection suites, and encrypted communications. They carry the callsign INDIA1 when in service.

In the 30 days before this flight, the fleet flew 11 flights totaling 26.9 hours in the air. The longest leg in that period was a 1,055-nautical-mile flight from Calicut to New Delhi on October 29. The fleet visited 15 airports in India during that time. K7066 had been on the ground for about 10 days before this trip, following a landing at Navi Mumbai on November 3.

In the tracked window from August 14 to November 12, 2026, all of the owner's aircraft flew 38 flights. The most common destination was New Delhi with 24 landings, followed by Kochi with 3 landings. The fleet also made 2 landings at Safdarjung Airport in New Delhi.

The flight from Hyderabad to New Delhi added to a busy schedule of domestic movements for the Indian government fleet. The aircraft returned to its home base area after a short domestic hop.