There are 8 ways to get from Los Angeles to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LAX - EDI
16h 12m£298–1,120Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle, train
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Newcastle (NCL)plane LAX - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 13m£184–794Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LAX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 49m£295–878Fly Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BUR - EDI
19h 17m£514–1,115Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane LAX - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 37m£216–943Fly John Wayne Airport Orange County to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SNA - EDI
19h 15m£214–775Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane LAX - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 41m£466–1,390Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane LAX - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 32m£205–870
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Los Angeles to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £290 - £1,200 and takes 16h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Los Angeles to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 16h 12m and costs £290 - £1,200.
The distance between Los Angeles and Edinburgh is 5205 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 12m to get from Los Angeles to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h ahead of Los Angeles. It is currently 2:31 AM in Los Angeles and 10:31 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2502+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Los Angeles, CA, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
British Airways, Scandinavian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Indianapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via St. Louis, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Las Vegas, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Phoenix, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Indianapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–390
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–390
- 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
- £170–700
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- 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
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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 Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- 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/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £6–16
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- 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/
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–110
- 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 Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- 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 Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- 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
- £250–290
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