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✈ EDI → HEL

2H 48M IN THE SKY. THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU WILL TALK.

Flight time
2h 48m
Distance
1,068 mi
Or
1,718 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Edinburgh to Helsinki

From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe  →  Vantaa (HEL), Finland Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Helsinki → Edinburgh

How long is the flight from Edinburgh to Helsinki?

A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to Helsinki (HEL) takes about 2 hours 48 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,068 miles (1,718 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

2h 48m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

1,068 mi

1,718 km · great-circle

Avg speed

615 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Edinburgh timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Helsinki timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Helsinki

Time difference

+2h

2 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 210 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 294 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 70 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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