There are 5 ways to get from Atlanta to Edinburgh by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ATL - EDI
10h 44m£332–912Bus to Columbus Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Atlanta Airport to Groome Transportation - Columbusbus
- Fly from Columbus Airport (CSG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CSG - EDI
17h 15m£218–721Fly Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ATL - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
13h 20m£353–1,247Fly Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ATL - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 11m£384–1,001Fly Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane ATL - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 9m£292–1,055
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Atlanta to Edinburgh is to bus and fly which costs £210 - £750 and takes 17h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Atlanta to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 10h 44m and costs £330 - £950.
The distance between Atlanta and Edinburgh is 4040 miles.
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Atlanta to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 5h ahead of Atlanta. It is currently 4:34 AM in Atlanta and 9:34 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2997+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Atlanta, GA, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Delta, British Airways, and two other airlines fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Columbus Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Columbus Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Columbus Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Columbus Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,200
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Baltimore, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Raleigh/Durham, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Columbus Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +1 (706) 324-3939
- columbusoffice@groometrans.com
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Bus from Atlanta Airport to Groome Transportation - Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- Groome Transportation
- Schedules at
- Groome Transportation Fort Benning
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