फ़्लाइट टाइम कितना है?

Simply drop this into a conversation when discussing travel plans. You can use it to ask about the total hours in the air. You can also use it to confirm the departure time on a ticket. It is incredibly versatile because it covers both 'when' and 'how long'. If you want to be specific about duration, you might add kitni der (how long), but this short version works perfectly fine.

Use it at the airport check-in counter. Use it when texting a friend who is coming to visit you. It is great for business trips when coordinating pickups. If you are sitting on a plane and the pilot makes an announcement you didn't catch, ask your neighbor this. It is a universal traveler's tool.

Avoid using this if you are in a high-level Sanskrit poetry competition. Jokes aside, do not use it for trains or buses. For those, you would swap flight for train or bus. Also, if you are asking for the 'current' time while standing in an airport, just ask samay kya hua hai? instead.

India has seen a massive boom in domestic aviation. Because of this, travel vocabulary has become heavily westernized. Even people who don't speak fluent English will use the word flight. It represents the fast-paced, modern lifestyle of urban India. Using the pure Hindi word vimaan (airplane) today actually sounds a bit like you're in a historical drama!

If you want to sound more like a local, you can say flight kitne baje hai? (What time is the flight?). Another common one is kitni der ki flight hai? (How long is the flight?). If you are feeling very casual with friends, just say flight kab ki hai? (When's the flight?). All of these will get you the information you need.