--- title: "Sylhet to Paltan – 3 ways by car, taxi, plane | Mixroutes" description: "Sylhet to Paltan is 196 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sylhet-to-paltan" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sylhet-to-paltan.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Sylhet to Paltan [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sylhet&to=Paltan) [Paltan to Sylhet](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/paltan-to-sylhet) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 196 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 1\ 3 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 196 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 28 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best৳5,600 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 3h 38m৳780–1,040 Estimated **Avoid** · Chittagong 241 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sylhet&to=Paltan) - [**Taxi** 3h 38m৳5,200–7,800 Estimated **Avoid** · Chittagong one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sylhet&to=Paltan) - [**Fly** 7h 37m৳8,230–12,610 Estimated ZYL → BZL · one stop via DAC · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sylhet&to=Paltan) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Bangladesh; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Avoid all but essential travel to Chittagong** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/bangladesh/warnings-and-insurance) - **Parts of Bangladesh are advised against, not on this route** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/bangladesh/warnings-and-insurance) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.bgd.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [08:12 → 15:49 7h 37m · 1 change৳8,230–12,610](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Sylhet&to=Paltan&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=fly) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Sylhet to Paltan? The fastest way is by car: about 3h 38m door to door. The straight-line distance is 196 km. What is the cheapest way from Sylhet to Paltan? Drive is the cheapest, from ৳780. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Sylhet to Paltan? About 55 min in the air (ZYL → DAC), about 7h 37m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run ৳8,230–12,610; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Paltan from Sylhet by road? About 241 km, roughly 3h 38m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ৳780–1,040; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Paltan Thana in Dhaka South City Corporation, Bangladesh Paltan is a thana (precinct) of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It is often said to be the center of Dhaka, dividing "Old Dhaka" and "New Dhaka". Paltan was made a thana in 2005 by then Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. Paltan Thana was formed on 27 June 2005 comprising part of Motijheel thana. [The Paltan guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/paltan) [Hotels in Paltan Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sylhet-to-paltan, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt