✈ EDI → LAX
10H 37M FROM EDINBURGH TO LOS ANGELES. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Edinburgh to Los Angeles
From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Edinburgh
How long is the flight from Edinburgh to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 10 hours 37 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,152 miles (8,292 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 37m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,152 mi
8,292 km · great-circle
Avg speed
781 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Edinburgh timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-8h
8 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~5.6d
Westward — easier
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 Edinburgh
Nearest destinations
- Edinburgh → Manchester
- Edinburgh → Dublin
- Edinburgh → London
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- Edinburgh → Copenhagen
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Long-haul from Edinburgh
- Edinburgh → Auckland
- Edinburgh → Melbourne
- Edinburgh → Sydney
- Edinburgh → Bali (Denpasar)
- Edinburgh → Santiago
- Edinburgh → Buenos Aires
- Edinburgh → Singapore
- Edinburgh → Kuala Lumpur
- Edinburgh → Manila
- Edinburgh → Cape Town
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Flights to Los Angeles
Nearest origins
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles
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- Toronto → Los Angeles
Long-haul to Los Angeles
- Johannesburg → Los Angeles
- Cape Town → Los Angeles
- Nairobi → Los Angeles
- Kuala Lumpur → Los Angeles
- Singapore → Los Angeles
- Mumbai → Los Angeles
- Bali (Denpasar) → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Doha → Los Angeles