CAT III-B and DigiYatra help; diaspora peaks and a single strip still demand buffers.

DigiYatra can shrink domestic entry for enrolled Indian nationals, but ATQ remains a single-runway, diaspora-heavy gateway with UK/Gulf banks, winter fog, and early-FY 2025–26 disruption history. Domestic ~2 hours early is the sane default; international wants a full ~3 hours for check-in, CISF, and outbound immigration. Priority Pass soft rooms publish near-24h hours (Primus max 3h / Airr max 4h) — still confirm the live app pin before you bank a lounge soak.

One building; sector signs and lounge pins still matter.

There is no T1/T2 campus hop. Domestic and international share the integrated terminal, but lounge products, immigration, and gate clusters do not. Primus is domestic airside on the 2nd floor after security; Airr is international after passport control near Gate 6. Screenshot ATQ ≠ IXC ≠ DEL before the car leaves the Golden Temple road.

Two live PP soft rooms; landside bottles beat airside pricing.

Live Priority Pass soft rooms are Primus (domestic, alcohol often extra on PP) and Airr (international, standard alcohol listed complimentary, 4-hour max). Udaan Yatri Cafe is the AAI affordable landside/airside food brief from the March 2026 facility inauguration — useful, not a hub food court. Without lounge entitlement, buy sealed water and snacks before security; airside markup is the usual Indian-airport tax.

Road access only; dead BRT blogs are traps.

Use official prepaid taxi counters or signed Ola/Uber pickup. NH-354 is the highway spine from Raja Sansi toward the city / Golden Temple (~20–40 minutes depending on traffic and destination). Wikipedia’s Metrobus Route 501 note says the airport link is not functional these days — budget experiments only if a live local bus is actually signed on the day, never as your only late-night plan. No terminal rail.

CAT III-B and DigiYatra help; diaspora peaks and a single strip still demand buffers.

DigiYatra can shrink domestic entry for enrolled Indian nationals, but ATQ remains a single-runway, diaspora-heavy gateway with UK/Gulf banks, winter fog, and early-FY 2025–26 disruption history. Domestic ~2 hours early is the sane default; international wants a full ~3 hours for check-in, CISF, and outbound immigration. Priority Pass soft rooms publish near-24h hours (Primus max 3h / Airr max 4h) — still confirm the live app pin before you bank a lounge soak.

One building; sector signs and lounge pins still matter.

There is no T1/T2 campus hop. Domestic and international share the integrated terminal, but lounge products, immigration, and gate clusters do not. Primus is domestic airside on the 2nd floor after security; Airr is international after passport control near Gate 6. Screenshot ATQ ≠ IXC ≠ DEL before the car leaves the Golden Temple road.

Two live PP soft rooms; landside bottles beat airside pricing.

Live Priority Pass soft rooms are Primus (domestic, alcohol often extra on PP) and Airr (international, standard alcohol listed complimentary, 4-hour max). Udaan Yatri Cafe is the AAI affordable landside/airside food brief from the March 2026 facility inauguration — useful, not a hub food court. Without lounge entitlement, buy sealed water and snacks before security; airside markup is the usual Indian-airport tax.

Road access only; dead BRT blogs are traps.

Use official prepaid taxi counters or signed Ola/Uber pickup. NH-354 is the highway spine from Raja Sansi toward the city / Golden Temple (~20–40 minutes depending on traffic and destination). Wikipedia’s Metrobus Route 501 note says the airport link is not functional these days — budget experiments only if a live local bus is actually signed on the day, never as your only late-night plan. No terminal rail.