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EDI Edinburgh layover guide

A layover at EDI.

Edinburgh Airport

Lounges, security and customs waits, and what a connection at EDI actually involves. LYVR plans the whole layover, with real walk times on the indoor map.

Updated October 2026 · Sources

4lounges at EDI, with what gets you in
4open to Priority Pass or DragonPass members
Livesecurity wait times in the app
—border queue data isn't available here yet
EDIConnections

Connecting
at EDI.

International-to-international connections at EDI usually stay airside, but you go through transfer security screening on the way to your next gate. Changing terminals is by transfer bus or train, airside.

Wait times

The lines at EDI, before you're in them.

Open the Airports tab in LYVR and pick EDI.

Security · Live

Security lines

LYVR shows the live, airport-wide security queue in minutes, refreshed every couple of minutes.

In your plan

Counted in your time to spare

Every checkpoint on your connection becomes a step in the layover plan, so the time to spare already allows for the lines.

Lounges

4 lounges at EDI.

0 open with a credit card, 4 with Priority Pass or DragonPass, 0 with airline elite status. Rules and hours change, so check with the lounge before you go.

Main departures, towards Gate 16

Aspire Lounge (Gate 16)

04:00 - 20:00

Memberships
Priority PassDragonPass
Day pass / waitlist →
At EDI

Escape Lounges

04:00 - 22:00

Memberships
Priority Pass
At EDI

No.1 Edinburgh

Memberships
DragonPass
At EDI

Turkish Airlines Lounge by Plaza Premium Group (Gate 16)

04:00 - 22:00

Memberships
Priority Pass
Plan it in LYVR

Your EDI layover, planned to the minute.

Save your flights and LYVR finds the connection at EDI on its own, then times every part of it.

Time to spare

Every minute, accounted for.

Deplaning, every walk on the indoor map, the checkpoints your connection passes and when the doors close. What's left is yours to plan.

A LYVR layover plan: deplane, re-clear security with a live wait, free time with Ask AI, the train between terminals, then board
Lounge access

Lounges you can actually get into.

Add your cards and memberships once. Every lounge at EDI shows whether you're in.

A LYVR lounge list with The Centurion Lounge marked eligible with Platinum Card
Turn-by-turn, indoors

Directions that know which floor you're on.

Around walls, up escalators, onto the train between terminals and through security on the way.

Turn-by-turn directions inside a terminal: stay on the train, get off at the next terminal
Long layovers

Time to see Edinburgh?

Getting out, the ride each way, security on the way back and a cushion, checked against your passport. Then a day, planned.

Leaving the airport on a layover: hours in the city, rated worth it
Layover questions

EDI, answered.

Do I have to go through security again on a connection at EDI?

International-to-international connections at EDI usually stay airside, but you go through transfer security screening on the way to your next gate. Changing terminals is by transfer bus or train, airside.

Can I check the security wait time at EDI?

LYVR shows the live, airport-wide security queue in minutes, refreshed every couple of minutes.

Which lounges at EDI can I use on a layover?

LYVR lists 4 lounges at EDI, 3 of them on Priority Pass. Which ones you can get into depends on your ticket, airline status, credit card or a lounge membership. Each lounge on this page lists what gets you in, and LYVR checks it against your own profile.

How much time do I need for a layover at EDI?

It depends on your terminals, whether you re-clear security or customs, and how far the gates are apart. LYVR adds up deplaning, every walk on the indoor map, any checkpoints your connection passes and the boarding door time, then shows exactly how much time you have to spare.

Is a 1 hour layover enough at EDI?

It's tight. International connections at EDI go through transfer security screening. Plan on 1.5 to 2 hours, and more on separate tickets. LYVR works out your exact time to spare for your own two gates.

What is there to do on a layover at EDI?

With an hour or two, eat near your gate and walk the terminal. With more, EDI's 4 lounges (3 on Priority Pass) have quiet seats, food and often showers. LYVR's Explore tab lists every restaurant, bar and shop near your gate with the walk time, so you only see what fits in your layover.

Can I leave the airport on a layover at EDI?

On a domestic connection, yes, with enough time. On an international one, only if you're allowed to enter the UK, since leaving EDI means going through immigration, and you'd want about 6 hours: the passport line both ways, the trip into Edinburgh and back, and security on the way in. LYVR checks the ride each way, the time you'd have in the city and your passport's entry rule.

Got a layover
at EDI?

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Sources

Lounges from Priority Pass's and DragonPass's directories, the card networks' lounge lists (American Express, Capital One, Chase, Mastercard), each operator's own booking or waitlist page. Who gets in is worked out with the same rules the LYVR app uses for your saved cards, memberships and airline status. Wait times come from the airport's or TSA's own data. Terminal times are LYVR's curated estimates. Compiled October 2026; details change, so confirm with the airport, airline or lounge before you travel. LYVR isn't affiliated with Edinburgh Airport.