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Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Scotland to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to Scotland?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
The cheapest ticket to Scotland from the United States found in the last 72 hours was to Edinburgh, at £655 return. The most popular route is Atlanta (ATL) to Edinburgh (EDI) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was £655.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Scotland?

The average price of all flights from the United States to Scotland clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Scotland is Wednesday when return tickets can be as cheap as £655. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, when return prices are £854 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from the United States to Scotland?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from the United States to Scotland, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from the United States to Scotland is April, when tickets cost £519 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is £956 and £921 respectively.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Scotland?

The average price for all round-trip flights from the United States to Scotland depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Scotland is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost £778 on average. Morning departures are around 49% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Scotland is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £1,170.

How far in advance should I book a flight from the United States to Scotland?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Scotland, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below-average price on the flight from the United States to Scotland, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 15 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Scotland?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Scotland is Edinburgh Turnhouse Airport (EDI), with an average flight price of £283.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from the United States to Scotland

Low season

February

High season

September

Cheapest flight

£139
Best time to beat the crowds (13% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
Flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Edinburgh

FAQs for booking flights from the United States to Scotland

  • Do I need a visa to travel to Scotland?

    American citizens traveling to Scotland for tourism don’t need a visa if they’re not planning to stay in the country for more than three months. You must, however, have a passport valid for at least six months starting from the date of arrival in Scotland, and enough blank pages for visa stamps.

  • I’m visiting Inverness. Which airport do I fly into?

    There are no nonstop flights from the United States to the Inverness Airport (INV), which only receives flights from other European cities. To fly into Inverness, you need to book a flight to Scotland with a layover in London (Heathrow or Gatwick), Manchester, Dublin, or Amsterdam. Keep in mind that it may require several flights on multiple airlines. Alternatively, you can fly into Glasgow or Edinburgh and travel directly from there by train or bus to Inverness.

  • Are there nonstop flights from the US to Scotland?

    Many airlines offer nonstop flights from the US to Scotland. United flies from Newark, Chicago, and Washington DC to Edinburgh. Delta flies to Edinburgh and Glasgow from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). If you need to fly from Philadelphia to Edinburgh, look for flights to Scotland operated by American Airlines.

  • I’m traveling to Glasgow. Which airport do I fly into?

    Passengers traveling nonstop from the US will land at the Glasgow International Airport, 14m from the city center. The second airport in Glasgow, the Prestwick International Airport, is currently served only by low-cost flights on Ryanair to and from other cities in Europe.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from the United States to Scotland?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from the United States to Scotland.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from the United States to Scotland?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from the United States to Scotland is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from the United States to Scotland?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from the United States to Scotland with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from the United States to Scotland?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from the United States to Scotland up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight out of the United States

  • When searching for flights to Scotland from the US, choosing to land at Edinburgh Airport (EDI) or Glasgow Airport (GLA) comes down to personal preference and the airline you’re flying with. The cities are a 1h 30m drive from one another, and both airports are well connected to the two largest cities in Scotland by an efficient network of buses, trains, and taxis.
  • Cities like Aberdeen, Inverness, and Shetland are served by international airports, but those only receive flights from other cities in the UK and Europe. To travel to these cities, American passengers will have to take flights with layovers in Glasgow or Edinburgh.
  • If you’re planning on visiting more than one city in Scotland, consider looking into low-cost flights between cities to optimize your travel time between destinations. Ryanair and easyJet are two of the Europe-based airlines with routes between Scottish cities.
  • If you’re looking for flights to Scotland to celebrate Hogmanay, the country’s particular way of celebrating New Year’s Eve that attracts thousands of tourists every year, make sure you find and book your flights well in advance.
  • Although the official currency in Scotland is the British Pound, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, it’s not unusual for some larger businesses to also take payments in Euros. To avoid confusion, it’s best to withdraw cash in an ATM when you arrive in Scotland or to exchange currency at the airport. At the Edinburgh Airport, you’ll find currency exchange counters near the baggage claim area and on the international arrival’s hall. At Glasgow Airport, Travelex offices are located pre- and post-security.
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Top 5 airlines serving from the United States to Scotland

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Scotland. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United States to Scotland. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United States to Scotland? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 8685 reviews
6.6Food
8.1Crew
7.3Comfort
7.7Boarding
7.1Entertainment
Airline reviews

Multiple delays and not straight answer from the United team

2.0 MediocreAlex, Apr 2025FLL - EWR
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Multiple delays and not straight answer from the United team

For economy, it was very good. Staff was great, they even let some of us change seats for more leg room... Put an empty seat between us which was fantastic for a 12hr flight. Onboard entertainment was excellent, I think over 200 choices of movies/tv/etc The bad was the barely/nonfunctional wifi that cost either $16.99 or 1700 miles (full flight). It was atrocious... Definitely the worst of the last 3 long haul major airlines I was on the last few months.

Stewardess spilled orange juice on my clothes/seat no help no apology just threw napkins at me to clean the mess up. Not Happy.

Smooth flight. Boarding was chaotic. Could not hear the gate agent over the intercom. People were lined up in the wrong lines. Groups one and two were told to board through line one and group 3 through line 2. All very confusing. Once in the air, the flight was smooth. There was no entertainment option on this aircraft, even though it was a larger aircraft.

The plane pushed back from the gate on time. However, it stopped on the ramp, and we waited for over 20 minutes before the aircraft pulled back to the gate. Apparently, something of importance had to be removed from the aircraft by the gate agent. I found this to be odd. The delay was not significant, but I felt that whatever was on the aircraft that had to be taken off, should’ve been done before we pushed back from the gate.

I didn’t get on plane. Passport being processed by consulate with visa application. Tried to cancel through underpricer after purchasing cacelling for any reason. No dice, they are thieves.

Electric plugs didn't work. Entertainment system wasn't working

The design of the light switch on the arm rest is ridiculous.

Smooth boarding process. Early departure, smooth flight, early arrival. The entertainment package has very good recent movie options. The flight crew were friendly and professional.

leg space better than expected. two washrooms for one plane isn't enough.

Good. Lacking overhead bin space. No food offered but you can order online or in flight and pay for snacks.

No food was served for 7.5 hrs flight. When our flight changed to other airlines due to wether issue, our seats booked with no checked in luggage when I already payed for. We end up to pay 90 euro per suitcase.

The flights were in time and the bags arrived. well done

Our three ski bags did not arrive and are still not delivered, one full day later. With one ski bag not traceable at all. I would not fly Iceland Air again.

Again, lines for boarding are a problem in iceland. The flight itself was fine and very smooth. No complaints. We would definitely fly icelandair again.

take snacks and food. purchase options in flight are not great

Had a screaming child next to us. Not the airline’s fault but still annoying.

Highly disorganized company, poor customer service. Packed seats on a 737 for a trans-atlantic 9 hour flight. Greedy company policies, no meal or snack provided for 9 hour flight.

Icelandair flight was excellent. The checkin and security arrangements for Saga Premium passengers at Newark was very poor - our checkin opened much later than the normal and our security queue simply led us to the back of the normal queue. Someone was having a laugh surely!

Never took flight. See previous comment on trip from Boston to Reykjavik. Used a different airline that i had to find and book.

Booked through Kayak, couldnt take flight, Kayak punted to Orbiz, Orbiz punted to Aer Lingus, Aer Lingus said sorry about your luck, try Kayak/Orbiz. Terrible customer service collecting air fares and not even offering a voucher when customers cant take flight

There was no flight. I booked a flight from Toronto to Bordeaux with a stopover in Dublin. I arrived in Dublin and the flight number I had didn't exist and the flight going to Bordeaux I wasn't on. I had to book a new flight with a different airline for later in the day and pay out of pocket.

Gate agents kind of serious. Had to wait til arriving at gate to choose seats. Thankfully they did give us seats together! And grateful the honored our age, giving us seats at the front.

This flight was delayed and caused me to miss my connecting flight from New York to Boston. I had to rent a car and drive myself home to avoid waiting another 5 hours in the airport.

Flight was cancelled. There were no Aer Lingus reps to help. I had to rebook my flight and find a hotel. Still had nothing from the airline.

They couldn't do through check-in for us. They took 2 hours to issue just one leg of the boarding pass. They had no idea to handle the case of passengers who travels to USA via Dublin airport. we had tough time time Dublin airport as boarding pass for the US flight was not pre-issued. Hope Aer Lingus will learn to handle such cases which they couldn't learn in in the past 50 years of the service.

There was a very drunk and disruptive passenger who was on the plane, right behind me. He was already drunk before boarding but was still let on the plane. He kept kicking and hitting the back of my chair the entire flight. It was an early morning flight and had zero rest on that leg

Really lovely trip and flight. The flight staff were so accommodating and warm throughout!

Friendly crew who apologised and explained reason for delay. Good on board service. Rather cramped seating. Late departure.

Was not aware that Aer Lingus was like the cut-rate services in the states, with no food or beverage (other then 3.50 Euro coffee) and no screens for entertainment. Was a great flight, but not much in the way of services.

The row of seats were so cramped it was difficult to get in and out of your seat. I even upgraded. A long flight and sad accommodations 😵‍💫 the shorter flight was very comfortable and the seating was spacious

I bought a ticket and paid for for our luggage but I had to pay for my luggage again. I’m so disappointed! We had a 30 min delay and because of that we missed our connecting flight and were told that we would be on the next flight (9am flight ) but we were landed we were booked at 12pm flight. I had a little baby w me, it was very stressful. I begged to leave at 10 am at least. I was emailed that we get a voucher but they didn’t work when we were at a breakfast store. I’ve been always happy w Lufthansa but this time was awful.

Good service … bus transfer upon arrival from plane to terminal: atrocious!!!

helpful and friendly. The Lufthanza people I dealt with before my holiday were so unhelpful by comparison.

We had a 1 1/2 hour delay before we left Denver. When we arrive to Frankfort, they didn’t announce that people with connecting flights to exit the plane first. My next flight was already boarding when we we taxiing in to the gate. I waited another 10 minutes to get off the plane. I had to run to catch my next flight. I mean run! I made it with one minute to spare, but my luggage did not. My luggage came two hours later on a different flight.

My flight was late from US to Frankfurt so I missed my connecting flight flight and I had to wait for long to catch the next flight which was very tiring. Otherwise everyone was very nice.

It would have been nice if my luggage had made it onto my connecting flight as well. Now I have to wait for my luggage to be delivered and that might take a while, which certainly put a damper on the entire experience.

Crew was not happy. Very uncomfortable seats. When person leans back in front of you the screen is too close to me. Food was awful.

They lost my luggage and despite all follow ups through emails and phone calls they don’t give me an update

Everything went really well. Snacks could be better and there was no tea/coffee service after dinner. Crew was helpful and friendly.

Cancelled flight minutes before boarding. Rescheduled flight was two days later

The flight attendants were EXTREMELY personable and appreciated the service, lights going off after dinner (probably the norm, but I haven’t flown evening overnight flights in a while). Thank you!

Business class seats were very dated on my plane. Very little storage, charging ports were not easily accessible, tv screen kept flopping away. Vegetarian food was disappointing: hardly any protein and severely under-seasoned. Crew was lovely.

The food was ok, but not great. They delayed boarding in Portland and did not enforce group boarding. But the crew was excellent, went above and beyond.

The food was pathetic. There wasn't much leg room and recline space for such a long flight. No tea/ coffee for a 2-3 hour connecting flight without purchasing! Really!?

Service was very good. Because I use a cane, I was allowed to use Priority Boarding. Biggest problem was extremely limited leg room in Economy class seats. For airplane food, it was alright.

Was late but that airport/storm fault. Flight was full but comfortable. Food quite nice. Unfortunate that I had a rather miserable attendant, others were much friendlier

Experience was good. Could have been better if we didn’t have to board an hour before the flight to ghana and miss relaxing time in the lounge. That process was very stressful

I was charged fees for check in bags at the airport by British Airways. It was supposed to be no charge but Kayak messed up my booking apparently and I had to pay for check in bags. I paid $175.

They took my carry on and checked it in. Staff in general at Heathrow are not friendly or helpful

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Scotland found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/5Thu
2 stops
16h 10mBOS-EDI
20/5Tue
2 stops
32h 00mEDI-BOS
£297
11/5Sun
2 stops
22h 55mBOS-EDI
22/5Thu
2 stops
32h 25mEDI-BOS
£311
2/10Thu
1 stopLufthansa
12h 10mBOS-EDI
8/10Wed
1 stopLufthansa
11h 25mEDI-BOS
£430
2/10Thu
1 stopLufthansa
12h 10mBOS-EDI
8/10Wed
1 stopLufthansa
11h 25mEDI-BOS
£433
8/10Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
12h 10mBOS-EDI
20/10Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
33h 24mEDI-BOS
£450
8/10Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
20h 05mBOS-EDI
16/10Thu
2 stopsUnited Airlines
33h 24mEDI-BOS
£451
3/8Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
9h 40mBOS-EDI
15/8Fri
1 stopBritish Airways
10h 10mEDI-BOS
£496
10/8Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
10h 00mJFK-EDI
18/8Mon
1 stopBritish Airways
19h 40mEDI-JFK
£523
8/7Tue
1 stopAer Lingus
10h 45mIAD-EDI
15/7Tue
1 stopAer Lingus
14h 50mEDI-IAD
£552
27/5Tue
1 stopAer Lingus
10h 20mIAD-EDI
6/6Fri
1 stopAer Lingus
14h 40mEDI-IAD
£627

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Scotland found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
26/7Sat
1 stop
32h 35mJFK-EDI
£139
21/7Mon
1 stop
23h 05mJFK-EDI
£144
12/7Sat
2 stopsUnited Airlines
17h 00mBOS-EDI
£289
20/9Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
31h 20mBOS-EDI
£290
17/8Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
9h 40mEWR-EDI
£298
30/7Wed
2 stopsBritish Airways
21h 30mBOS-EDI
£300
27/8Wed
1 stopAer Lingus
17h 35mPHL-EDI
£324
13/5Tue
1 stopAer Lingus
9h 30mEWR-EDI
£330
23/7Wed
1 stopLufthansa
15h 10mJFK-EDI
£333
8/8Fri
1 stopLufthansa
11h 50mEWR-EDI
£336

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Last minute flights to Scotland

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Scotland that are departing in the next 10 days.
29/4Tue
multi-stop
17h 10mJFK-EDI
7/5Wed
multi-stop
29h 15mEDI-JFK
£464
29/4Tue
multi-stop
17h 10mJFK-EDI
7/5Wed
multi-stop
32h 55mEDI-JFK
£497
29/4Tue
multi-stopAer Lingus
9h 10mJFK-EDI
6/5Tue
multi-stopAer Lingus
9h 50mEDI-JFK
£717
29/4Tue
multi-stopAer Lingus
12h 45mEWR-EDI
6/5Tue
multi-stopAer Lingus
12h 25mEDI-EWR
£722
27/4Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 03mBOS-EDI
7/5Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
13h 18mEDI-BOS
£791
27/4Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 03mBOS-EDI
7/5Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
14h 07mEDI-BOS
£794
29/4Tue
multi-stopBritish Airways
16h 15mJFK-EDI
6/5Tue
multi-stopBritish Airways
12h 25mEDI-JFK
£798
25/4Fri
multi-stopBritish Airways
9h 55mJFK-EDI
3/5Sat
multi-stopBritish Airways
26h 55mEDI-JFK
£798
27/4Sun
directLufthansa
7h 05mEWR-EDI
3/5Sat
multi-stopLufthansa
24h 25mEDI-EWR
£1,305
28/4Mon
multi-stopLufthansa
12h 50mORD-EDI
6/5Tue
directLufthansa
8h 35mEDI-ORD
£1,595

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