EDI

Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Operated by Edinburgh Airport Limitedprivate

Opened1947ICAOEGPHElev135 ft

The Verdict

61/100Above the median. Celebrate accordingly.

Infrastructure is the weak link. The trajectory is flat — no improvement in sight.

Ranked #66 of 198 airportsBased on data from 1962–2026

Operational30%

72Actually decent

Sentiment25%

53Solidly average

Infrastructure15%

30Beyond help

Sent. Velocity15%

50Middling

Connectivity15%

95Suspiciously good

What People Think

EDI: the kind of place you forget you've been to while you're still there.

4.3Avg Rating / 10

1,420

ReviewsGoogle 1410Skytrax 10

25%Positive

★ 3.5on Google Maps (1,410 reviews)

Sentiment Trajectory (2025–2026)+3.46 over 3 years

Then: 4.2/5 (760 reviews)Now: 7.7/5 (655 reviews)

Positive25%

Neutral25%

Negative50%

Queuing

2.1

Cleanliness

1.9

Staff

2.3

Food & Bev

1.8

Wifi

3.1

Wayfinding

2.4

Transport

3.1

Shopping

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The Numbers

17.0MPassengers (2025)

+7.5%YoY Growth

Record year! 17.0M passengers in 2025, up 15% from pre-pandemic levels and a staggering 461% rebound from the 2021 COVID low.

12.3MInternational (73%)

4.7MDomestic (27%)

124,751Aircraft Movements

Passenger History

Lounges

1 available

Edinburgh Airport

priority pass

Tardiness Report

2026/03–2025/04 · 107,391 flights

3.9%Flights Delayed4,165 of 107,391 flights

0.7minAvg Delay

If punctuality were a religion, this airport would be the cathedral.

-1.8pp vs prior year-0.4min vs prior year

Delay Causes (ATFM)

Weather8%

Carrier3%

ATC28%

Airport5%

Where You Can Escape To

easyJet·Focus City

Jet2.com·Focus City

Loganair·Hub

Ryanair·Focus City

Ryanair UK·Focus City

165 routes · 6 regions

Europe9

Dublin Airport (DUB)—

London City Airport (LCY)—

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)—

Bristol International Airport (BRS)—

Tenerife South Airport (TFS)—

Alicante International Airport (ALC)—

Birmingham International Airport (BHX)—

Madrid Barajas International Airport (MAD)—

Faro Airport (FAO)—

Americas1

General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (BOS)—

Ground Transport

MMetro

RRail

TTram

BBus

The Runway Report

3 Runways

06/248,392ft × 148ft · ASP · Lighted

08/262,621ft × 150ft · ASP · CLOSED

12/305,730ft × 150ft · ASP · Lighted · CLOSED

The Backstory

1947

Opened

Awards

None recorded. A clean record — in the worst sense.