There are 5 ways to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane RDU - EDI
12h 38m£280–812Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane RDU - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 8m£213–697Train to Piedmont Triad International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Greensborotrain
- Fly from Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GSO - EDI
15h 17m£240–875Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Newcastle (NCL)plane RDU - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 11m£229–901Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane RDU - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 45m£265–1,050
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh is to fly and train which costs £210 - £700 and takes 14h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 12h 38m and costs £280 - £850.
The distance between Raleigh and Edinburgh is 3714 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 38m to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 5h ahead of Raleigh. It is currently 10:56 AM in Raleigh and 3:56 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2713+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
JetBlue Airways, Delta, and seven other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Boston, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Philadelphia, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via New York JFK, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dublin, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Washington Dulles, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Boston, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Washington Dulles, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
- 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
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Greensboro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- 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 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- 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 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- 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 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–21
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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