DigiYatra helps domestic T3 entry; CAT IIIB on 27 does not shrink your city-side buffer.

Enrol DigiYatra for select domestic T3 departures, but a single 2,744 × 45 m runway and winter fog still chew schedules. Domestic ~2 hours early is the sane default; international wants a full ~3 hours. Do not plan ultra-thin self-connects that change domestic↔international — there is no sterile campus walk. Operator lounge hours and PP/LK hours disagree on the domestic Adani room (03:00–23:50 vs near-24h) — confirm the live pin before you bank on a dawn soak.

Official FAQ: one passenger terminal. T3 is domestic + international.

Terminal 3 (opened 10 March 2024) is the integrated passenger hall. Terminal 2 still matters because the metro and the operator office sit there — it is not your check-in door. Terminal 1 is the legacy shell. Follow the boarding-pass / FIDS letter; blogs that freeze “all international = T1” or “all domestic = T2” are stale. Screenshot LKO ≠ VNS ≠ DEL.

Two live T3 rooms on Priority Pass and LoungeKey. Operator hours beat aggregator mirrors.

Priority Pass LKO1/LKO2 and Mastercard LoungeKey LKO1/LKO2 are live HTML. Adani is domestic post-SHA opposite Ada Chikankari; operator publishes 03:00–23:50. Budweiser is international near Gate 20 and 24 hours. Both card networks list a 3-hour max stay and children under 5 free. Quiet area / massage chairs on the Adani PP/LK pages are extra-pay. Without entitlement, buy sealed water landside before CISF. Do not publish an invented walk-up tariff.

Red Line is real. It is not a 24h dump inside Terminal 3 security.

Lucknow Metro Red Line ends at CCS Airport with Terminal 2. Use it with light bags in published hours toward Hazratganj / Charbagh. Terminal 3 arrivals and anything after the last train default to official prepaid / app taxi on the signed T3 kerb. Private cars get 8 minutes free at T3 general parking before the meter starts. Do not invent an airport suburban railway platform inside the pier.