There are 7 ways to get from Santa Barbara to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SBA - EDI
19h 43m£270–961Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LAX - EDI
19h 2m£387–817Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LAX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h£338–852Train to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuystrain
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BUR - EDI
22h 19m£332–1,155Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Newcastle (NCL)plane LAX - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 27m£289–901Train to John Wayne Airport Orange County, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SNA - EDI
22h 43m£331–1,272Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane LAX - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 47m£354–1,410
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £330 - £850 and takes 20h.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 19h 2m and costs £380 - £850.
The distance between Santa Barbara and Edinburgh is 5213 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 43m to get from Santa Barbara to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h ahead of Santa Barbara. It is currently 11:45 PM in Santa Barbara and 7:45 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2773+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., Icelandair, and four other airlines fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,100
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,300
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Indianapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,400
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,400
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Phoenix, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,600
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,300
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Indianapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,400
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,300
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–2,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–440
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
- 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
- £290–1,200
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Denver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuys
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- £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
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- 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 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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