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✈ HKG → EDI

12H 5M, 5,914 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
12h 5m
Distance
5,914 mi
Or
9,517 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Hong Kong to Edinburgh

From Hong Kong International (HKG), Hong Kong Asia  →  Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Edinburgh → Hong Kong

How long is the flight from Hong Kong to Edinburgh?

A nonstop flight from Hong Kong (HKG) to Edinburgh (EDI) takes about 12 hours 5 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,914 miles (9,517 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 5m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,914 mi

9,517 km · great-circle

Avg speed

788 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Hong Kong timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Hong_Kong

Edinburgh timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Time difference

-7h

7 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~4.9d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1409 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1627 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 390 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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