EDI - Edinburgh

Although serving the smaller city, this is Scotland's busiest airport due to the popularity of Edingburgh. There were 14 million passengers in 2023 and its website is www.edinburghairport.com/

Parking

Edinburgh has a range of parking options - Fast Park (close to check-in, just hand over your keys), Terminal parking (a few minutes walk to departures), mid-stay (ten minutes from departures), long stay (eight minutes from departures), multi-storey (hand luggage only, direct footbbridge to security), Plane Parking (ten minute shuttle ride, five per hour), drive up and park (a few spaces left for those unable to pre-book).  The full details of the options are here www.edinburghairport.com/edinburgh-airport-parking

Drop Off

Edinburgh drop off is on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park.  It is £5 for ten minutes and £1 for each minute after that.  In addition there is a free drop off option at the long stay car park.

Security

Security details at Edinburgh can be found here www.edinburghairport.com/prepare/airport-security  Edinburgh offers a fast track for £7.

Although part of check-in rather than security, Edinburgh also has Twilight Bag Drop for flights with Ryanair, Jet2, easyJet and British Airways.

Restaurants and Bars

There are a number of restaurants on offer at Edinburgh.

All Bar One, Barburrito, BrewDog, Bridge & Castle, Burger King, Caffe Nero, Costa Coffee, Fever Tree, Hudson St. Grill. Krispy Kreme, Pret a Manger, Wetherspoon.

Shops

Edinburgh has a number of shops in the terminal.  You can find out more about each store here www.edinburghairport.com/shopping-and-eating/shops

Accessorize, Best of Brands, Boots, BOSS, Brora, Fatface, Heritage of Scotland, InMotion, JD Sports, Kurt Geiger, Luggage Point, Scottish Fine Gifts, Sunglass Hut, Tartan Weaving Mill, Travelex, WH Smith, WH Smith Bookshop, World Duty Free

Edinburgh has a Reserve & Collect option.

Lounges

Plaza Premium, 0400-2200, complimentary, from £35

Aspire at gate 4, 0430-2000 (0430-1900 Saturday), from £42

Aspire at gate 16, 0430-2000, from £44

Assistance

Edinburgh recommends travellers contact their tour operator, travel agent or airline at least 48 hours prior to departure so that your details can be passed to the Assistance team.  You can find some very detailed information via the following link.

Assistance - www.edinburghairport.com/prepare/special-assistance

Hotels

There are a few hotels serving the airport.

Hampton by Hilton - a couple of minutes walk from the terminal

Doubletree by Hilton - two minutes via a free shuttle

Moxy - five minute walk from the terminal

Holiday Inn Express - regular shuttle for £2.50 return

For more on hotels near the airport just click the image below.

Shuttles Shuttles are limited to those mentioned in the parking and hotel sections.

Immigration

For all international travellers you should check entry requirements on the official government site.  In this case it is www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration and you will find details on the ETA scheme there too.

There is a fast track option costing £7.

Reclaim

Just follow the signs after immigration and you will come to the baggage reclaim area.  There are boards that you should check for your flight number, and that will indicate which carousel you need to attend.  There are trolleys available in the area.

Customs

There are two channels - green (nothing to declare) and red (items to declare). 

Just like immigration you should only rely on the official government information regarding what you can bring into the UK. www.gov.uk/bringing-goods-into-uk-personal-use

Taxis

Taxis are near the East Terminal area close to a very large sign that says "EDINBURGH".

The rank is operated by Capital Cars although other taxi firms are allowed to use it.

Buses and Coaches

Various services come in and out of the terminal.

Airlink 100, Skylink 200, 400, Airport Express - for Edinburgh city centre

Citylink AIR Glasgow 900, Citylink 902 - for Glasgow

JET 747 - for Fife

Xplore Dundee X90 - for Dundee

Citylink 909 - for Stirling

Citylink M92 - for Aberdeen

978 - for Oban

The coach park is south of the multi-storey car park.

Rail and Trams

Trams can be found close to the terminal and are near the East Terminal area close to a very large sign that says "EDINBURGH". Trams depart every seven minutes (between 0700 and 1900) and every ten minutes outside those times.  The first tram leaves at 0626 and the last tram at 2248.  

Single fare is £7, open return is £9, three-day tram ticket is £18. For any onward train services, the easiest connection is made by tram, with combined rail and tram tickets available.  The following shows the tram stops/station names with their connections.

Edinburgh Gateway - for Fife, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness, northern Scotland

Edinburgh Park - for Glasgow, Falkirk, Stirling, Dunblane, central Scotland

Haymarket - for Glasgow, Fife, Inverness, Aberdeen, North Berwick, London, south England

Edinburgh Waverley - for Scottish Borders, north-east England, London, all of Scotland

For any rail bookings, we recommend Trainline. Just click the logo below.

Routes

Edinburgh has increased its routes in recent years, signifying its own importance as a destination.  You can find full details here www.edinburghairport.com/flights/destinations

Destinations

Less than 2 hours - Amsterdam, Belfast, Bergen, Billund, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Brussels, Cardiff, Cologne, Copenhagen, Cork, Derry, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Eindhoven, Exeter, Faroe Islands, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Guernsey, Hamburg, Innsbruck, Isle of Man, Knock, Jersey, Kirkwall, London City, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London Luton, London Stansted, Nantes, Oslo, Paris CDG, Shannon, Southampton, Stavanger, Stornaway, Sumburgh

Less than 4 hours - Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Basel, Bergerac, Berlin, Beziers, Biarritz, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bourgas, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Chambery, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Faro, Florence, Gdansk, Geneva, Gibraltar, Grenoble, Helsinki, Ibiza, Katowice, Kaunas, Kefalonia, Krakow, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Malta, Marrakesh, Marseille, Menorca, Milan, Munich, Naples, Newquay, Nice, Palermo, Palma, Pisa, Porto, Poznan, Prague, Preveza, Reus, Reykjavik, Riga, Rome, Rotterdam, Salzburg, San Sebastian, Santander, Sardinia, Seville, Skiathos, Sofia, Split, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Turin,  Valencia, Venice, Verona, Vienna, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Zadar, Zakynthos, Zurich 

Less then six hours - Agadir, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Istanbul, Izmir, Kos, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Madeira, Paphos, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Santorini, Tenerife, Tirana

Over six hours - Atlanta, Beijing, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Doha, Halifax, New York, Orlando, Toronto, Washington DC

Maps

You can find a searchable resource here www.edinburghairport.com/prepare/airport-maps 

Meeting Points

There are no designated meeting points. 

Terminal Transfers

Not applicable.

Car Hire

You can find a large number of big name car hire companies (Alamo, Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, National, Sixt) in close proximity of the terminal.  You can find the area close to the multi-storey car park

Edinburgh does have its own recommended list and search tool here   www.edinburghairport.com/transport-links/car-hire