Amritsar to Delhi Airport Taxi Service

Amritsar has a good international airport of its own at Raja Sansi, so an 8-hour drive to Delhi needs a reason. There usually is one: a long-haul ticket to Toronto, Vancouver or a US city that leaves from Delhi, a better connection, or relatives abroad who booked the whole family out of Terminal 3. This page is for those trips.

When Delhi is the better airport for Amritsar travellers

Long-haul routes

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport handles flights to the Gulf and parts of Europe, often with good connections. Delhi, though, has far more direct and one-stop options to Canada, the USA and Australia, and more airlines to choose from.

Connections and timing

If the only option from Amritsar means a tight domestic connection in Delhi, many families prefer to drive down and start the journey from Terminal 3 with all their bags checked through once.

Group travel

When a large family is flying together, or the whole family is coming to see someone off, one car or a Tempo Traveller to Delhi keeps everyone together.

If your flight does leave from Amritsar, the Amritsar airport taxi page covers transfers from across Punjab.

Distance and road

Amritsar to Delhi airport is roughly 460 km and about 8 hours of driving. The car leaves on the GT Road through Beas and Kartarpur to Jalandhar, then takes the GT Road through Phagwara, Ludhiana, Khanna and Rajpura, crossing into Haryana near Shambhu. Ambala, Karnal, Panipat and Sonipat follow, with Murthal as the main meal stop before Delhi. The last part into the airport depends on the hour.

One driver does the full trip. On a run this long we plan two or three proper breaks, and the pickup time we give you already includes them.

Working out when to leave

Start from the airline's check-in rule: three hours before an overseas departure, two before a domestic one. Then work back roughly 10 hours, because 8 hours of driving from Amritsar turns into about 10 once you add the breaks and the Delhi end.

Tell us the flight number and we will check the timing with you, and adjust if the airline changes the schedule.

Picking up in Amritsar

We collect from anywhere in the city: Ranjit Avenue, Lawrence Road, the railway station and the bus stand, hotels across the city, and villages around Amritsar and Tarn Taran. Pilgrims staying near the Golden Temple can meet the driver at the closest point a car can reach; we will tell you where when you book.

Many visitors combine a darshan at Sri Harmandir Sahib with the trip home, finishing an early morning visit and leaving for Delhi the same day. Just give us the time you want to leave the Golden Temple area and your flight time, and we will check the plan works.

Choosing the vehicle

For one or two passengers with two bags, a Swift Dzire, Honda Amaze or Toyota Etios is fine. Families heading abroad with four or five large suitcases should take a Toyota Innova, Innova Crysta or Mahindra Marazzo, which also give older passengers more room on an 8-hour drive. For groups, there are 12-seater and 17-seater Tempo Travellers. All vehicles are air-conditioned.

Drop and pickup at Delhi

The driver drops you at the departure gate of your terminal and helps with the luggage. Relatives can return to Amritsar in the same car. For family landing in Delhi, he waits at arrivals, and you get his name and number on WhatsApp before the trip.

Related routes

For a home drop in Delhi, Gurugram or Noida, there is the Amritsar to Delhi NCR taxi. Chandigarh airport is about 4 and a half hours away, on the Amritsar to Chandigarh airport page. Travellers from the Dera side can see the Beas to Delhi airport cab, and the full list is on our Delhi airport hub.

Booking

For a long run like this, book a day or two ahead if you can. Phone or WhatsApp +91 72680 42000 with your flight, the hotel or home address and how many bags are going. We will confirm the quote, tolls and parking, then send the driver's details on WhatsApp the evening before.

Questions people ask about this trip