CWL to EDI: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Cardiff to Edinburgh?

The great-circle distance between Cardiff International Airport (CWL) and Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is 506 km (315 mi, 273 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from CWL to EDI?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 10m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. EDI is roughly north of CWL.

How is the CWL to EDI route written in code?

The pair is written CWL-EDI in IATA codes and EGFF-EGPH in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Cardiff International Airport is CWL (EGFF), Edinburgh Airport is EDI (EGPH).

Both ICAO codes start with E, the prefix ICAO assigns to northern Europe, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

The two fields sit at almost the same height, within 85 ft (26 m) of each other.

Airlines flying CWL to EDI

1 airline appear on this route in the open route dataset, 1 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AF.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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