Departures from Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh Airport departures: how to read the board

The departures board above lists the flights leaving Edinburgh today, with the scheduled departure time, the estimated or actual time, the destination and the status. It updates continuously; an estimated time later than the schedule means a delay, and departed means the aircraft has left the gate.

Edinburgh has one terminal with a single central security search; the gates lie along the piers beyond, and the walk to the far gates can take ten minutes. The airport has grown fast, and security queues are longest in the early-morning wave, when easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2.com flights leave close together, and during the Festival in August. Arrive well ahead of the time on the board.

Dropping off and getting there

For a quick drop-off, use the Pickup & Dropoff zone on the ground floor of the parking garage, where a fee applies; the free zone is a 10-minute walk away and allows 30 minutes. Trams run from the city center to the stop outside the terminal every 7 minutes, about 30 minutes end to end; the Airlink 100 bus runs from Waverley Bridge, and Citylink and Ember coaches come from Glasgow, Fife, Stirling and Inverness. The coach park is to the south of the parking garage.

The board is dominated by easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2.com flights to Spain, Portugal and cities across Europe, British Airways to London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London City, Aer Lingus to Dublin, KLM to Amsterdam and transatlantic departures to New York JFK, Newark and Boston. Looking for an arriving flight? Switch to the Arrivals tab. Every airport we track is listed in the airport overview.