Travelling from Shilllong to Dimapur usually takes 7-8 hours be it on a train from Guwahati or a four wheeler from Shilllong but thanks to the functional airport, Shilllong is now directly connected to the commercial capital of Nagaland and the flight take mere 50 minutes and that too at a cheaper cost of mere Rs 1300 only..The flight is operated by Alliance Air, subsidiary of Air India.The Shilllong airport right now is connected to several cities like Kolkata, Imphal, Agartala, Aizawl, Silchar and even Dibrugarh