✈ EDI → JFK
6H 58M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.
Flight from Edinburgh to New York
From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe → JFK (JFK), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? New York → Edinburgh
How long is the flight from Edinburgh to New York?
A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to New York (JFK) takes about 6 hours 58 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,247 miles (5,225 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
6h 58m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,247 mi
5,225 km · great-circle
Avg speed
750 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Edinburgh timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
New York timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
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
- Edinburgh → Amsterdam
- Edinburgh → Brussels
- Edinburgh → Paris
- Edinburgh → Oslo
- Edinburgh → Copenhagen
- Edinburgh → Frankfurt
- Edinburgh → Berlin
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
More flights to North America
Flights to New York
Nearest origins
- Boston → New York
- Toronto → New York
- Chicago → New York
- Atlanta → New York
- Miami → New York
- Dallas → New York
- Cancun → New York
- Mexico City → New York
- Las Vegas → New York
- Seattle → New York
Long-haul to New York
- Melbourne → New York
- Bali (Denpasar) → New York
- Sydney → New York
- Singapore → New York
- Kuala Lumpur → New York
- Auckland → New York
- Bangkok → New York
- Manila → New York
- Hong Kong → New York
- Johannesburg → New York