Great-circle route LHR → 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 London to Edinburgh is approximately 1h 18m nonstop. The distance is 332 miles (534 km). There are about 22 nonstop flights from London 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LHR → EDI London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport |
1h 18m | 332 mi | 68/wk | British Airways |
| STN → EDI London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport |
1h 16m | 317 mi | 41/wk | Air Afrique, easyJet |
| LGW → EDI London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport |
1h 20m | 356 mi | 24/wk | easyJet |
| LTN → EDI London Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport |
1h 15m | 307 mi | 20/wk | easyJet |
| LCY → EDI London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport |
1h 18m | 337 mi | — | 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 London to Edinburgh, including Air Afrique, British Airways, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A320 (sharklets), Airbus A319 and 3 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from London to Edinburgh 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 153 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 LHR–EDI 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 London Heathrow Airport and Edinburgh Airport.
Air Afrique, British Airways, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A320 (sharklets), Airbus A319. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
LHR to EDI, STN to EDI, LGW to EDI, LTN to EDI, LCY to EDI. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
