There are 5 ways to get from Bakersfield to Edinburgh by plane, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Meadows Field Airport (BFL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BFL - EDI
17h 22m£293–1,026Bus to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Fresno Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FAT - EDI
21h 25m£277–995Bus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Los Angelesbus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LAX - EDI
18h 30m£365–904Bus to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Uc Santa Barbara Amtrak Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SBA - EDI
23h 3m£293–966Bus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Los Angelesbus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LAX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 35m£303–844
Meadows Field Airport (BFL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bakersfield to Edinburgh is to bus and fly and train which costs £300 - £850 and takes 19h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Bakersfield to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 17h 22m and costs £290 - £1,100.
The distance between Bakersfield and Edinburgh is 5128 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 22m to get from Bakersfield to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h ahead of Bakersfield. It is currently 11:56 AM in Bakersfield and 7:56 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 1669+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Bakersfield, CA, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
American Airlines, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Meadows Field Airport (BFL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–380
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Phoenix, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–380
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Phoenix, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–950
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
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
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Bakersfield to Uc Santa Barbara Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Fresno Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Fresno Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Fresno Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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