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Where to Meet Halfway Between Edinburgh and Los Angeles

The best meeting cities between Edinburgh and Los Angeles, ranked by flying distance from both origins.

Edinburgh (EDI) and Los Angeles (LAX) are 8,292 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 60.64°, -77.84°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 4,146 km flight. In practice the better meeting city is the one whose flights actually arrive together — the list below starts from distance, and the search underneath it checks real schedules for your date.

Best cities to meet between Edinburgh and Los Angeles

  1. 1. Montreal, Canada (YUL)

    4,863 km / 3,973 km

    Canada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.

    Montreal guideYUL airport

  2. 2. New York, United States (JFK)

    5,225 km / 3,974 km

    A meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.

    New York guideJFK airport

  3. 3. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)

    5,344 km / 3,494 km

    Canada's largest city and a major transatlantic and transpacific connecting point.

    Toronto guideYYZ airport

  4. 4. Chicago, United States (ORD)

    5,957 km / 2,802 km

    A central US hub city, and a practical meeting point between the coasts.

    Chicago guideORD airport

  5. 5. Miami, United States (MIA)

    6,857 km / 3,763 km

    A subtropical gateway city between North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

    Miami guideMIA airport

  6. 6. Havana, Cuba (HAV)

    7,235 km / 3,701 km

    A time-capsule Caribbean capital, unlike anywhere else most travelers will have visited.

    Havana guideHAV airport

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Questions

Where is the halfway point between Edinburgh and Los Angeles?

The geographic midpoint of the 8,292 km great-circle route between Edinburgh (EDI) and Los Angeles (LAX) lies near 60.64°, -77.84° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 4,146 km.

What is the best city to meet halfway between Edinburgh and Los Angeles?

Montreal (YUL) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 4,863 km from Edinburgh and 3,973 km from Los Angeles. Canada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.

How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Edinburgh and Los Angeles?

Fly2Meet compares real departure schedules from both cities on a date you choose and ranks the flight pairs whose arrival times land closest together, so neither traveler waits long at the airport. It is free and needs no account.

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