There are 4 ways to get from Edinburgh to Durham by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane EDI - RDU
14h 35m$459–1,419Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane GLA - RDU
14h 55m$462–1,263Fly Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)plane EDI - GSO
- Take the train from Greensboro to Durham Amtrak Stationtrain
15h 25m$478–1,688Fly Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane EDI - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Durhambus
18h 56m$519–1,263
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Durham is to fly which costs $450 - $1,500 and takes 14h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Durham is to fly which takes 14h 35m and costs $450 - $1,500.
The distance between Edinburgh and Durham is 3718 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 35m to get from Edinburgh to Durham, including transfers.
Durham is 5h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 11:14 AM in Edinburgh and 6:14 AM in Durham.
There are 354+ hotels available in Durham.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Durham, NC, USA?
American Airlines, Air Canada, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) every 3 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Montreal, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Montreal, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Richmond International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Greensboro to Durham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Richmond to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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