There are 6 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
15h 48m£258–931Bus 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 3m£242–956Bus 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 40m£293–965Bus 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
24h 6m£263–930Bus 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 40m£286–570Bus to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Glendale Amtrakbus
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BUR - EDI
22h 47m£528–1,060
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 which costs £290 - £1,000 and takes 18h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Bakersfield to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 15h 48m and costs £250 - £950.
The distance between Bakersfield and Edinburgh is 5128 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 48m to get from Bakersfield to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h ahead of Bakersfield. It is currently 12:46 AM in Bakersfield and 8:46 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 1645+ 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) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–390
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–950
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Indianapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Phoenix, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–390
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Phoenix, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Fresno Yosemite International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- 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
- £28–45
- 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
- £40–70
- 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
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Bakersfield to Glendale Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- 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 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Bakersfield to Glendale Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Fresno Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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