There are 4 ways to get from Bakersfield to Edinburgh by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Meadows Field Airport (BFL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BFL - EDI
16h 49m£238–831Fly Meadows Field Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Meadows Field Airport (BFL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)BFL - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
16h 41m£285–846Bus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Los Angeles
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)LAX - EDI
18h 50mBus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Los Angeles
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)LAX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
19h 23m
Meadows Field Airport (BFL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bakersfield to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £230 - £850 and takes 16h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Bakersfield to Edinburgh is to fly and train which takes 16h 41m and costs £280 - £850.
The distance between Bakersfield and Edinburgh is 5128 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 49m to get from Bakersfield to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h ahead of Bakersfield. It is currently 1:08 PM in Bakersfield and 9:08 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2481+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Bakersfield, CA, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
American Airlines, British Airways, and five other airlines fly from Meadows Field Airport (BFL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Glasgow Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Glasgow Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Phoenix, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–1,100
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Glasgow Airport via Phoenix, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,100
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Glasgow Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Glasgow Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 9m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Glasgow Airport via Denver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Bakersfield to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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