✈ ATL → EDI
8H 25M. ATLANTA TO EDINBURGH. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.
Flight from Atlanta to Edinburgh
From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America → Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Edinburgh → Atlanta
How long is the flight from Atlanta to Edinburgh?
A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Edinburgh (EDI) takes about 8 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,000 miles (6,438 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 25m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,000 mi
6,438 km · great-circle
Avg speed
765 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Atlanta timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Edinburgh timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Time difference
+5h
5 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~5d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Atlanta
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- Atlanta → Miami
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Long-haul from Atlanta
- Atlanta → Bali (Denpasar)
- Atlanta → Singapore
- Atlanta → Kuala Lumpur
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More flights to Europe
Flights to Edinburgh
Nearest origins
- Manchester → Edinburgh
- Dublin → Edinburgh
- London → Edinburgh
- Amsterdam → Edinburgh
- Brussels → Edinburgh
- Paris → Edinburgh
- Oslo → Edinburgh
- Copenhagen → Edinburgh
- Frankfurt → Edinburgh
- Berlin → Edinburgh
Long-haul to Edinburgh
- Auckland → Edinburgh
- Melbourne → Edinburgh
- Sydney → Edinburgh
- Bali (Denpasar) → Edinburgh
- Santiago → Edinburgh
- Buenos Aires → Edinburgh
- Singapore → Edinburgh
- Kuala Lumpur → Edinburgh
- Manila → Edinburgh
- Cape Town → Edinburgh