There are 7 ways to get from Chicago to Perth by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ORD - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
12h 36mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ORD - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perthtrain
17h 10m£169–768Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ORD - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
14h 5m£245–627Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane ORD - DND
15h 31m£191–832Train to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukeetrain
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MKE - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
15h 56mFly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane ORD - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Perthtrain
16h 25m£252–784Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MDW - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
14h 9m
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Perth is to fly and train which costs £250 - £800 and takes 16h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Perth is to fly and train which takes 14h 5m and costs £240 - £650.
The distance between Chicago and Perth is 3781 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 36m to get from Chicago to Perth, including transfers.
Perth is 6h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 5:19 AM in Chicago and 11:19 AM in Perth.
There are 515+ hotels available in Perth.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Perth, Scotland?
American Airlines, Loganair, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dublin, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Toronto, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–950
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cleveland, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Pittsburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cleveland, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Pittsburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–480
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–500
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–480
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–420
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–420
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Detroit, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Toronto, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–55
- 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
- £16–28
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11–12
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- 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 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–17
- 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 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–270
Train from Aberdeen to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
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