Great-circle route EDI → LHR. 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 Edinburgh to London is approximately 1h 18m nonstop. The distance is 332 miles (534 km). There are about 21 nonstop flights from Edinburgh to London 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDI → LHR Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport |
1h 18m | 332 mi | 60/wk | British Airways |
| EDI → STN Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport |
1h 16m | 317 mi | 40/wk | Air Afrique, easyJet |
| EDI → LGW Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport |
1h 20m | 356 mi | 23/wk | easyJet |
| EDI → LTN Edinburgh Airport to London Luton Airport |
1h 15m | 307 mi | 20/wk | easyJet |
| EDI → LCY Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport |
1h 18m | 337 mi | 2/wk | British Airways |
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.
3 airlines fly nonstop from Edinburgh to London, including Air Afrique, British Airways, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A319, Boeing 737-800 and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Edinburgh to London is 332 miles, or 534 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 332 mi |
| Kilometres | 534 km |
| Nautical miles | 289 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 145 departures a week, across 5 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 18m in the air on the EDI–LHR nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 332-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.
332 miles (534 km) great-circle between Edinburgh Airport and London Heathrow Airport.
Air Afrique, British Airways, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A319, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
EDI to LHR, EDI to STN, EDI to LGW, EDI to LTN, EDI to LCY. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
