There are 3 ways to get from Edinburgh to Durham by plane 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 Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane EDI - RDU
14h 16m$503–1,216Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane GLA - RDU
15h$335–1,260Fly 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$438–1,483
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Durham is to train and fly which costs $330 - $1,300 and takes 15h.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Durham is to fly which takes 14h 16m and costs $500 - $1,300.
The distance between Edinburgh and Durham is 3718 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 16m to get from Edinburgh to Durham, including transfers.
Durham is 5h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 1:23 PM in Edinburgh and 8:23 AM in Durham.
There are 386+ 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 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- 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
- $300–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
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
- $370–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
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
- $370–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- 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
- $310–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- 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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- 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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- 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
- $420–1,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- 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 35m
- 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
- $420–1,500
- 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
- $280–1,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–29
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Greensboro to Durham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Want to know more about travelling around United States
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the US: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Why you should take the train in the US
Read the travel guide

















