There are 6 ways to get from Chicago to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ORD - EDI
11h 3m£317–559Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ORD - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
13h 59m£225–599Train to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukeetrain
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MKE - EDI
15h 33m£313–753Train to South Bend, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airporttrain
- Fly from South Bend (SBN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SBN - EDI
15h 10m£295–1,116Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ORD - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 32m£384–698Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MDW - EDI
12h 57m£227–859
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Edinburgh is to fly and train which costs £220 - £600 and takes 13h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 11h 3m and costs £310 - £600.
The distance between Chicago and Edinburgh is 3749 miles.
It takes approximately 11h 3m to get from Chicago to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 6h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 4:27 AM in Chicago and 10:27 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2661+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
United Airlines, Aer Lingus, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £340–480
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Pittsburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cleveland, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Pittsburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cleveland, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from South Bend to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from South Bend to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from South Bend to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £340–480
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–320
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Detroit, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
- 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/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–11
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- £10–11
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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