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title: "CCU is which airport? Kolkata"
description: "CCU is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, India. Where the code comes from, and the codes it gets mixed up with."
url: https://atoneplace.net/airport/ccu/
site: "At One Place"
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# What airport is CCU?

**CCU is: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport**

Kolkata, India

## Why the code is CCU

CalCUtta, the city's name until 2001.

The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.

## The airport

- **IATA code:** CCU
- **ICAO code:** VECC
- **Airport:** Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
- **City:** Kolkata, India
- **Code origin:** Documented

The third of India's big renamed-city codes. Dum Dum, the neighbourhood the airport sits in, gave its name to the expanding bullet, which was manufactured at the arsenal there.

## The other code, VECC

Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, CCU, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, VECC, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why VECC looks nothing like CCU.

## Common questions

### What airport is CCU?

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, in Kolkata, India.

### Why is Kolkata's airport called CCU?

CalCUtta, the city's name until 2001.

### What is the difference between CCU and VECC?

CCU is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. VECC is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.

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## Sources

- OurAirports — OurAirports (https://ourairports.com/data/) [Public domain]