EDI

Ingliston, Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh Airport

04:28 LOCAL · 59°F OVERCAST · 1 RWY · ELEV 135 FT

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Weather

59°F OVERCAST

Observed 03:20 UTC · EGPH

Ground transport

Getting to and from Edinburgh Airport

How to reach the city, and where each option picks you up.

Option

Published fare

Frequency

Pickup point

Best for

Edinburgh Trams

Airport → city centre → Newhaven

Airport single £7.90 · open return £9.50

Every 7 min daytime · every 10 early and late

Stop on the plaza right outside the terminal, by the Edinburgh sign

City centre in about 30 minutes; the full 21-stop run to Newhaven takes 54

Airlink 100 express bus

Lothian Buses · services 17 & 18 at city fares

Single £6.00 · open return £8.50

24/7 · up to every 10 minutes

Bus stops on the forecourt outside the terminal

Keeps going all night, when the trams have stopped — a 24/7 express into town

Train, via the tram

ScotRail · LNER · TransPennine · CrossCountry · Avanti

No station on site — tram to Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Park or Haymarket

Combined tram-and-train tickets come from the vending machines in the check-in hall; for Waverley, hop off at St Andrew Square

Intercity coach

Citylink · Stagecoach JET · Ember · Fly Dundee

Coach park just south of the multi-storey car park

Citylink AIR 900 to Glasgow, JET 747/787 into Fife, Ember E1 to Dundee and Aberdeen, E9 to Inverness

Taxi

Capital Cars — the airport’s official operator

East Terminus rank, across the plaza from the doors

Metered fares are set by the City of Edinburgh Council; private hire pick-ups must be booked in advance

Car hire

Eight brands in one rental centre

Along the covered walkway beside the multi-storey — a short walk from the terminal

Alamo, Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, National and Sixt, minutes from the M8 and M9

Driving & drop-off

Charged zone on the multi-storey ground floor

Drop-off £8.50 (10 min)

Card only — every airport car park went cashless in July 2025

A free alternative lies a 10-minute walk out with 30 minutes of grace; blue badge cars get an hour free with a validation code

Every fare here is the one its operator publishes, and links to the page that publishes it. Options with no fare shown do not have a fixed published fare.