Delhi to Hanoi Distance and Flights: How to Reach Hanoi from New Delhi

Travelling by flight is the best option to reach Hanoi from Delhi, and in 2026 it is also a short one. If you have read that the fastest flight takes 7 hours 45 minutes with a stop in Bangkok, that was true years ago. Today you can leave Delhi after breakfast and be eating pho in Hanoi's Old Quarter by mid-afternoon. Below are the flight numbers and timings, the distance by every mode, fares by season, the visa, and how to get from Noi Bai into the city.

Delhi to Hanoi at a glance

Delhi to Hanoi Distance by Flight, Road, Train and Sea

By flight it is about 3,000 km. That is the great-circle (straight-line) distance between the two airports, which our Vietnam desk calculated from airport coordinates on 29 October 2026 as 2,999.9 km. No road or rail line links the two cities, so the air figure is the one that matters.

You will see other numbers online. Booking sites quote anything from 2,997 km to 3,100 km, and IndiGo's own route page says 3,923 km, which is simply wrong. The actual path your plane flies runs a little longer than 3,000 km because aircraft follow fixed air corridors over Myanmar.

Delhi to Hanoi distance by road. On a map the road route exists. You would drive to Manipur, cross at Moreh into Myanmar, and follow the India-Myanmar-Thailand highway east before turning north through Laos into Vietnam. In practice the Moreh border is not open to tourist transit and the conflict in Myanmar makes that stretch unsafe, so you cannot drive from Delhi to Hanoi today. If you like the idea of covering part of the journey by road, fly Delhi to Bangkok (about 4 hrs), then travel overland through Laos and cross into northern Vietnam by bus. That takes three to five days and needs a Thai and a Lao visa on top of the Vietnamese one.

Delhi to Hanoi by train or sea. There is no train. India's rail network doesn't connect to Myanmar, and the only international passenger trains into Vietnam come from China, ending at Hanoi's Gia Lam station. There is no passenger ferry either. Cruise ships that call at Ha Long Bay start in Singapore or Hong Kong, so you would still fly out of Delhi.

Delhi to Hanoi Nonstop Flights: Airlines, Timings and Flight Time

Three airlines fly nonstop from Delhi to Hanoi on the winter 2026 to 2027 schedule. All of them leave from Terminal 3 at Delhi and land at Terminal 2, the international terminal, at Noi Bai.

Timings are from the winter schedule that started on 25 to 28 October 2026. Air India launched its own Delhi to Hanoi nonstop on 1 May 2026, five days a week. Confirm on airindia.com before you plan around it.

That makes the Delhi to Hanoi flight time about 4 hours, or a little over 5 and a half hours on the clock once you add the 1 hr 30 min time difference. VietJet's flight leaving at 00:05 lands at 05:35, which looks like 5 and a half hours but is 4 in the air.

Which Delhi to Hanoi flight should you pick?

IndiGo's 07:25 departure is the easy choice for most people. You land at 1 pm, clear immigration, and you're at your hotel in time for the 2 pm check-in that most Hanoi hotels use.

The Vietnam Airlines and VietJet red-eyes let you work a full day in Delhi and fly at night, but they land between 5 and 5:30 am. Either book your Hanoi room from the night before so you can check in straight away, or go with it. Hoan Kiem Lake at 6 am is full of locals doing tai chi and badminton, and it is the best hour of the day to see it.

The airlines also differ on what the fare includes. Vietnam Airlines is full-service, with a checked bag and a meal in the economy fare, and you can pre-order a vegetarian or Jain meal when you book. IndiGo and VietJet are low-cost. Their cheapest fares cover a cabin bag only, so add checked baggage at booking, when it costs far less than at the airport. Pack snacks if you're vegetarian on a low-cost flight, since the buy-on-board menu runs out fast at midnight.

Delhi to Hanoi Flight Route Map

The shortest line from Delhi to Hanoi runs east and slightly south. Plotted point by point, it leaves Uttar Pradesh along the southern edge of Nepal, crosses north Bengal and western Assam, and passes almost directly over Shillong and just north of Imphal before entering northern Myanmar. It then clips the south of Yunnan in China and comes down over the hills of northwest Vietnam into Hanoi. Real flights follow fixed air corridors, so the track you see on a flight tracker sits a little south of this line, over Bihar, Bangladesh and Myanmar. On a clear morning flight, sit on the left side (seat A) for the Himalayan foothills in the first hour.

Connecting Flights from Delhi to Hanoi

Book a one-stop flight only if the nonstop days don't fit your trip, you want to collect miles with a particular airline, or the saving is large. On most dates it isn't, because the nonstop fares from Delhi are already low.

A Bangkok connection is the one most Delhi travellers choose, because it can turn into a two-country holiday. If you go via Ho Chi Minh City, you clear immigration there, so make sure your e-visa allows entry at Tan Son Nhat airport.

Delhi to Hanoi Flight Ticket Price and the Cheapest Time to Fly

A return economy ticket from Delhi to Hanoi usually costs Rs 28,000 to Rs 37,000. One-way sale fares on booking sites started from about Rs 13,000 to Rs 16,500 when we checked on 29 October 2026.

Fare ranges are based on Kayak's Delhi to Hanoi route data (late October 2026) and change daily.

A few habits keep the price down. Book 6 to 8 weeks ahead for Diwali, Christmas or New Year. Compare the VietJet red-eye against IndiGo, because the midweek red-eye is often the cheapest seat on the route. And price the bag in, since a low-cost fare plus a 20 kg bag can end up close to Vietnam Airlines' fare with everything included.

Vietnam Visa for Indians Flying from Delhi

Indian passport holders need a visa for Vietnam, and the e-visa is the easiest way to get one. It costs US25forasingleentryorUS50 for multiple entries, is valid for up to 90 days, and usually takes about 3 working days. Apply only on the official portal, evisa.gov.vn, since several look-alike sites charge more for the same thing. Print the approval letter. The airline check-in counter at IGI will ask for it before issuing your boarding pass. Our guide to the Vietnam visa for Indians covers documents, photos and the common reasons applications get rejected.

Before You Fly: Delhi Airport Tips

• All Hanoi flights leave from Terminal 3. Reach it 3 hours before departure. The Airport Express metro from New Delhi station gets you to T3 in about 20 minutes and runs from early morning to late night, but for the midnight red-eyes a cab is more reliable.

• Carry some US dollars in cash. Changing dollars to dong in Hanoi's Old Quarter gets a better rate than buying dong in Delhi, and a forex card works at most ATMs.

• Set your watch 1 hour 30 minutes ahead when you board. Vietnam runs on UTC+7 all year with no daylight saving.

• Buy a local SIM at Noi Bai arrivals, where Viettel and Vinaphone counters sell tourist data packs, or install an eSIM before you leave Delhi.

Noi Bai Airport to Hanoi City and the Old Quarter

Noi Bai International Airport is about 30 km north of the city centre, and the drive to the Old Quarter takes 45 to 60 minutes. You can take a taxi, a Grab car or the local bus to continue the journey.

If you land at 5 am on a red-eye, the taxis and Grab cars are already waiting, and bus 86 starts its first runs in the early morning. Ignore drivers who approach you inside the terminal and use the official rank or the app.

Best Time to Fly from Delhi to Hanoi

Fly between October and April for dry, cool weather in Hanoi. October, November, March and April are the most comfortable, at about 20 to 28°C. December and January can be grey and chilly, dropping to around 10°C at night, so pack a light jacket. May to September is hot, humid and rainy, but fares and hotels are cheaper. Our guide on the best time to visit Vietnam has the month-by-month detail for the whole country.

Plan Your Hanoi Trip from Delhi

Once you land, Ha Long Bay is about 2 and a half hours away on the expressway, Ninh Binh about 2 hours and Sapa about 5 to 6 hours. Most Delhi travellers spend two nights in Hanoi, one on a Ha Long Bay cruise and one in Ninh Binh before flying south. Our Vietnam tour packages from Delhi can bundle the flight, hotels, airport transfers and the cruise into one plan, and Hanoi tour packages cover shorter trips that stay in the north. For the city itself, start with our Hanoi travel guide, or read one family's 7-day Vietnam trip from Delhi.

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Edited by TravelTriangle