DigiYatra helps domestically; fog and CIQ still own the clock.

DigiYatra can shrink domestic entry for enrolled passengers, but IndiGo / Air India morning and evening Northeast / metro-India banks, winter fog on the primary 01R/19L, and international immigration still chew buffers. Domestic ~2 hours early is the sane default; international wants a full ~3 hours for check-in, immigration, and the international Travel Club rooms after security. Do not plan ultra-thin self-connects that change domestic↔international inside CCU without landside re-clear.

One building — PP T1/T2 labels are pier zones, not a second campus.

Follow Domestic vs International signs inside the single integrated passenger building. Priority Pass “Terminal 1” soft rooms are domestic; “Terminal 2” rooms are international — both sit airside after the relevant security / CIQ flow, not in a second landside terminal you can walk to after the wrong check-in island. Same-day self-connects that change sectors still mean landside logic, re-screening, and immigration on the international leg. Screenshot CCU (VECC) ≠ IXB ≠ RDP ≠ CJB.

Live PP = Travel Club ×4; blog Plaza Premium pins are not the directory.

Priority Pass / LoungeKey holders should use the live directory (four Travel Club soft rooms: two domestic, two international). Max stay 3 hours; children under 4 free on PP conditions. Without entitlement, buy sealed water and snacks landside before security; airside F&B is fine for a busy metro gateway but is not DEL T3. Do not treat May 2026 “Plaza Premium / Encalm” listicles as the live PP soft-lounge map.

Metro is open at Jai Hind; prepaid taxi still wins with bags after midnight.

Kolkata Metro Yellow Line to Jai Hind (Airport) opened 22 August 2025 — India’s largest underground metro station — and is the new budget spine when the metro clock matches your flight. Orange Line from New Garia is not your Plan A until it is actually open. Prepaid taxi counters and Ola/Uber remain the luggage / late-night default; WBTC AC airport buses help on published daytime city runs. Do not invent a suburban-rail platform inside the terminal — Biman Bandar EMU died years ago.

DigiYatra helps domestically; fog and CIQ still own the clock.

DigiYatra can shrink domestic entry for enrolled passengers, but IndiGo / Air India morning and evening Northeast / metro-India banks, winter fog on the primary 01R/19L, and international immigration still chew buffers. Domestic ~2 hours early is the sane default; international wants a full ~3 hours for check-in, immigration, and the international Travel Club rooms after security. Do not plan ultra-thin self-connects that change domestic↔international inside CCU without landside re-clear.

One building — PP T1/T2 labels are pier zones, not a second campus.

Follow Domestic vs International signs inside the single integrated passenger building. Priority Pass “Terminal 1” soft rooms are domestic; “Terminal 2” rooms are international — both sit airside after the relevant security / CIQ flow, not in a second landside terminal you can walk to after the wrong check-in island. Same-day self-connects that change sectors still mean landside logic, re-screening, and immigration on the international leg. Screenshot CCU (VECC) ≠ IXB ≠ RDP ≠ CJB.

Live PP = Travel Club ×4; blog Plaza Premium pins are not the directory.

Priority Pass / LoungeKey holders should use the live directory (four Travel Club soft rooms: two domestic, two international). Max stay 3 hours; children under 4 free on PP conditions. Without entitlement, buy sealed water and snacks landside before security; airside F&B is fine for a busy metro gateway but is not DEL T3. Do not treat May 2026 “Plaza Premium / Encalm” listicles as the live PP soft-lounge map.

Metro is open at Jai Hind; prepaid taxi still wins with bags after midnight.

Kolkata Metro Yellow Line to Jai Hind (Airport) opened 22 August 2025 — India’s largest underground metro station — and is the new budget spine when the metro clock matches your flight. Orange Line from New Garia is not your Plan A until it is actually open. Prepaid taxi counters and Ola/Uber remain the luggage / late-night default; WBTC AC airport buses help on published daytime city runs. Do not invent a suburban-rail platform inside the terminal — Biman Bandar EMU died years ago.