There are 5 ways to get from Alta to Edinburgh by plane, train, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Alta to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Alta (ALF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ALF - EDI
11h 13m£93–324Bus to Sorkjosen, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Alta Helsesenter to Storslett terminalbus
- Fly from Sorkjosen (SOJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SOJ - EDI
16h 22m£69–207Fly Alta to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Alta (ALF) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane ALF - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 27m£117–431Bus, ferry, ferry to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Alta sentrum to Burfjord bensinstasjonbus
- Take the ferry from Burfjord kai to Skjervøy kaiferry
- Take the ferry from Skjervøy kai to Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkaiferry
- Fly from Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane TOS - EDI
17h 19mBus, bus to Bardufoss Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Alta Helsesenter to Storslett terminalbus
- Take the bus from Storslett terminal to Nordkjosbotnbus
- Take the bus from Nordkjosbotn to Bardufoss sentrumbus
- Fly from Bardufoss Airport (BDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BDU - EDI
19h 49m£219–557
Alta (ALF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Alta to Edinburgh is to bus and fly which costs £65 - £210 and takes 16h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Alta to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 11h 13m and costs £90 - £330.
The distance between Alta and Edinburgh is 1279 miles.
It takes approximately 11h 13m to get from Alta to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Alta. It is currently 2:12 PM in Alta and 1:12 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2557+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Alta, Norway and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Airbus France, Lufthansa, and Finnair fly from Alta (ALF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a week.
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Tromsø Airport, Langnes to Edinburgh Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–380
Flights from Sorkjosen to Edinburgh Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Sorkjosen to Edinburgh Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Bardufoss Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–390
Flights from Bardufoss Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–400
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Alta to Aberdeen Airport via Oslo, Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–340
Flights from Tromsø Airport, Langnes to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–250
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Alta to Aberdeen Airport via Oslo, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–320
Flights from Alta to Aberdeen Airport via Oslo, Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–340
Flights from Alta to Aberdeen Airport via Tromsø Airport, Langnes, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–450
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Alta to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–310
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Alta to Edinburgh Airport via Kittila, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £120–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tromsø Airport, Langnes to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Tromsø Airport, Langnes to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Tromsø Airport, Langnes to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bardufoss Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo, Billund
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bardufoss Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £110–450
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Bus from Alta sentrum to Burfjord bensinstasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
Bus from Storslett terminal to Nordkjosbotn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
Bus from Nordkjosbotn to Bardufoss sentrum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
- Phone
- 177
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Alta Helsesenter to Storslett terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Schedules at
- snelandia.no
- Phone
- +47 953 03 888
- info@bestarctic.com
- Website
- bestarctic.com
Bus from Storslett terminal to Nordkjosbotn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–75
- Website
- https://bestarctic.com/
- Book at
- https://bestarctic.com/the-arctic-route/arctic-winter-routes-explore-norway-sweden-and-finland/
- Private tours
- £55–75
Bus from Nordkjosbotn to Bardufoss sentrum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://bestarctic.com/
- Book at
- https://bestarctic.com/the-arctic-route/arctic-winter-routes-explore-norway-sweden-and-finland/
- Private tours
- £35–55
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Ferry from Burfjord kai to Skjervøy kai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
Ferry from Skjervøy kai to Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
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