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 16m£286–1,120Fly John Wayne Airport Orange County to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SNA - EDI
19h 16m£218–774Fly 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 51m£259–895Fly Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BUR - EDI
18h 8m£515–1,117Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Newcastle (NCL)plane LAX - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 25m£342–604Fly 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 38m£234–993Fly 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 39m£346–1,480Fly 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 33m£256–860
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 and train which costs £250 - £900 and takes 16h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Los Angeles to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 16h 16m and costs £280 - £1,200.
The distance between Los Angeles and Edinburgh is 5204 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 16m to get from Los Angeles to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 7h ahead of Los Angeles. It is currently 7:36 PM in Los Angeles and 2:36 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2557+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Los Angeles, CA, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
British Airways, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
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
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Indianapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 1m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
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
- £210–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Las Vegas, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Phoenix, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- 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, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–900
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 Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Indianapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 1m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
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
- £230–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–420
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–450
- 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
- £200–750
- 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
- £230–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- 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
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £13–18
- 1st Class
- £23–35
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £16–22
- 1st Class
- £27–40
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £30–45
- 1st Class
- £50–75
- 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
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–110
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £55–75
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–110
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £55–85
- 1st Class
- £110–160
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £30–50
- 1st Class
- £50–75
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £60–90
- 1st Class
- £120–170
- 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
- £24–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £24–35
- 1st Class
- £45–60
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £40–60
- 1st Class
- £80–100
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice 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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