Chandigarh AirportIntegrated Terminal

Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport works from a single integrated terminal — roughly 53,000 square metres, 48 check-in counters, eight aerobridges, with the domestic and international sections sitting under one roof. That layout is genuinely convenient: there is no inter-terminal shuttle to worry about and no confusion about which building your driver is at, because there is only one arrival exit and that is where he will be standing with your nameboard.

For a short run into the city the numbers are modest. Sector 17 is 12 km and about 25 minutes at ₹600 in a sedan, Mohali is 8 km at ₹500, Panchkula 20 km at ₹800. What actually brings most people to this page, though, is the onward drive — IXC is the practical airhead for Himachal, and a large share of our bookings here never stop in Chandigarh at all.

Shimla is 120 km up NH5 through Pinjore and Solan, three to four hours, at a fixed ₹3,000 in a sedan. Manali is 310 km and a full day at ₹5,500; Kasauli a quick 65 km at ₹2,200; Dharamshala 245 km at ₹5,000; Amritsar 230 km across the plains at ₹4,800. We put drivers who run these hill roads regularly on those bookings, with vehicles checked for brakes and tyres and snow chains carried through winter. If your flight lands late, we will say so plainly: the mountain section is better driven in daylight, and an early start the next morning is usually the smarter plan.