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 51m£332–962Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle, train
cheapest- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Newcastle (NCL)plane RDU - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 12m£259–901Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- 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 2m£333–947Train 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
16h 18m£272–877Fly 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
16h 45m£262–955
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £330 - £1,000 and takes 12h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 12h 51m and costs £330 - £1,000.
The distance between Raleigh and Edinburgh is 3714 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 51m to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 5h ahead of Raleigh. It is currently 8:05 AM in Raleigh and 1:05 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 3006+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
United Airlines, Delta, and eight 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
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,200
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Philadelphia, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Boston, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
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
- £330–1,400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Newark, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Detroit, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Newark, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Greensboro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
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