Great-circle route ORD → EDI. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Chicago to Edinburgh is approximately 7h 40m nonstop. The distance is 3,701 miles (5,956 km). There is about 1 nonstop flight from Chicago to Edinburgh per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORD → EDI Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport |
7h 40m | 3,701 mi | 7/wk | United Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
United Airlines is the only airline flying nonstop from Chicago to Edinburgh.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 757-200.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
On a long east–west route like this one the two directions do not take the same time. Aircraft flying eastbound ride the mid-latitude jet stream and typically arrive earlier than the westbound leg, which flies into it. The difference is commonly 30 to 90 minutes on transatlantic and transpacific flights, and it varies by season. The estimate above does not model wind — treat it as a midpoint and check the airline's own timetable for the block time on your date.
The distance from Chicago to Edinburgh is 3,701 miles, or 5,956 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 3,701 mi |
| Kilometres | 5,956 km |
| Nautical miles | 3,216 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. United Airlines flies it nonstop, with about 7 departures a week. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 7h 40m in the air on the ORD–EDI nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 3,701-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
3,701 miles (5,956 km) great-circle between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Edinburgh Airport.
United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 757-200. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
